Word: explains
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Governor. They said his secretary, small, attractive, dark-haired, formidable Mrs. O. O. Hammonds, was "Governor in fact." They asked Governor Johnston to call a special meeting of the Legislature to investigate himself (TIME, Dec. 5). How an alleged non-Governor could convene the Legislature, the legislators did not explain. Perhaps they thought Mr. Johnston would know because among his reputed misdemeanors was taking an interest in things psychic. But Mr. Johnston gave the legislators' requests not even the ghost of a serious reception. When 110 legislators assembled two weeks ago in Oklahoma City and notified him that...
...Earl of Birkenhead, is drawing heavily on Mr. Baldwin's impeccable moral credit in the matter of a commission which will go to India next year and report upon what elements of greater freedom should be extended to Indians. When the Earl of Birkenhead himself tried to explain why not one single Indian will sit on this commission his logic lacked conviction; but Mr. Baldwin turned the trick emotionally with two spacious sentences. "Let Indians dismiss any imputation of inferiority," said he. "They will be approached as friends and equals...
...instinct go was scoffed at by Mr. Fosdick. "Take the instinct of pugnacity," he said, "which is very deep in us. Well go out from this house now, get nearly run over by a car loose your temper, beat up the driver, batter in his head. How will you explain yourself to the judge tomorrow morning? Will you say, 'Your Honor, I am a believer in the new psychology...
They heard him explain how the Federal Reserve Board had decided to make smoother their financing of foreign commerce...
...Sold it." Miss Ford replied and joined in the laugh that followed. "But you see, I have a car and wouldn't want another car," she hastened to explain...