Word: failed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...vote against consideration of the World Court proposal in the last session indicated, if anything, that the bitter-enders on the League of Nations question would be opposed to the World Court. In this case, while the President's proposal would fail of support by certain Republicans, some Democratic help might be expected...
...employ disciplinary measures can be invoked if the occasion arises, but in eight years no resort to such measures has been necessary. Yet the cutting of tutorial appointments is comparatively rare, far less than the cutting of courses. The majority of concentrators, well over 60 per cent, seldom fail to meet their engagements. The tradition of tutorial work has become firmly established...
...resist the French. The " Franco-Belgian Entente " says that the real object of the Ruhr is to speed up coal deliveries, which seems tantamount to admitting defeat. They have, however, decided to requisition coal in the pits with their own labor backed by force, if the mine owners fail to pay a coal tax. But the true aim of the French and Belgians seems to be a separate agreement with Germany and the abandonment of the Versailles treaty...
With regard to the proposition of introducing reindeer into Labrador as a commercial prospect, I consider that a careful study of past experience would convince any man that the proposition should without fail be a very remunerative one if the experiment is properly managed...
...Daily Telegraph was more polite: " In any case, we may signal this message across the Atlantic. The American shipbuilding effort, a splendid vindication of the spirit of the people of the United States, will never fail to evoke feelings of gratitude and admiration in this island country...