Word: explaining
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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During the proceedings a Hitlerite was asked to explain certain of his actions. Replied he: "In carrying out orders I felt entirely like a soldier, and therefore did no thinking whatever...
These considerations will explain why I am sorry to see in your circular, the invitation, "Oh, R. Y. O. in connection with the feature of the entertainment at Detroit. Some who attend undoubtedly have cellars which were legally acquired more than five years ago but "Its transportation is hereby forbidden". Others are presumably invited to patronize bootleggers, who are mostly aliens pursuers a caress of crime Colonel William Harvard said the other day that respectable citizens have become the accomplices "of a lot of rotten criminals in order to get a drink". Between Maplewood and Newark there is a street...
...During the Past Week the Daily Press Gave Extensive Publicity to the Following Men and Women. Let Each Explain to You Why His Name Appeared in the Headlines...
There is something essentially unbusinesslike about all this. It has been necessary for each of the controversial parties to explain its position repeatedly with regard to different phases or indeed, irrevelant matters. There seems to be little cooperation; and still less mutual understanding. Undoubtedly, the question is one which deserves much thought and deliberation. But to accomplish anything, there must be coordination and readiness to ignore trifles as well Endless quibbling and evasion serve only to pass the time...
When the tumult was loudest, Senator "Jim" Watson of Indiana, premier politician of the Republican Party, rose to make the first speech he has made in months. He tried to quiet the tumult by "explaining" the President's letter. It was not directed at the Senate, but at Mr. Pinchot, said he. The explanation was weak and failed to explain...