Word: failed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Huebsch; Crime, Its Cause and Treatment, and Resist Not Evil. He has also contributed many articles to magazines and reviews, and the current American Mercury has an article by him entitled The Ordeal of Prohibition, designed to show that it has been the practice of civilized countries to fail to enforce, rather than to repeal, unwise and unpopular laws...
...statesmen of the world and to have unrivalled opportunities for exchanging viewpoints. Said The Sunday Times of London: "He could not find himself in England at a more opportune moment." Certainly it seems hard to believe that, unofficial though his visit is, his presence on the spot will fail to influence the course of the mighty waters of conference diplomacy...
House of Commons. "Dave" Kirkwood, Labor M. P. for the Clyde, introduced his bill for removing the Stone of Scone*, or Lia Fail, to Scotland from Westminster Abbey. The bill passed its first reading by 201 to 171 votes. "Dave" caused laughter by telling the House that "this was the stone that Jacob had for a pillow at Bethel when the angels went up and down the ladder...
...continues that, at the end of a day's discussion, "the Department was unable to point to any error in fact. They simply disagreed with the conclusions I had drawn." Any one who had only the vaguest idea of what the Near East stands for could hardly fail to side with the State Department...
...Court and a definite codification, international law was meaningless. Dr. Quincy Wright had a different opinion. "The time is not ripe," he said, "for a codification of international law." Dr. Kraus supported Dr. Wright. There was, however, no debate. Members of the Institute do not argue. They merely fail to agree...