Word: forbidding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...thousand Newport women swooped down upon the House of Commons. Never had such a sight been seen in London since the days of the suffragettes. The swoop was made to greet Reginald Clarry, M.P. for Newport. They wanted to be shown around the House. The rules forbid any member receiving more than 50 guests at any one time, so Mr. Clarry had to depute 10 of his colleagues to look after 950 of the ladies. Finally, they departed in 30 charabancs. Reginald was reported to have withstood the ordeal "with remarkable fortitude...
...guilty of negligence in a petty way. But should they suffer the same penalty as those who through sheer neglect of work or lack of intelligence have failed to get their two C's and a D? I think not. Why not make the punishment fit the crime and forbid any cutting among the offenders? HENRY W. ABBOT...
Hiram Johnson: "Under the Headline GOD FORBID!, The New York Evening World published an editorial which said: 'Hiram Johnson's notion of a foreign policy for the United States boils down to this: Never go near a "council" table at which any other nation has a right to speak. Never confer. Never listen. The attitude of the United States toward other nations must always be: "We do not argue with you. We tell you." Debate is unAmerican. . . . Watch for earthquakes, famines and the like. These visitations afford a chance to point to good-samaritanism. . . . Never try to understand...
...Egyptian people had been focused upon him on account of the return to Egypt of his mother, by permission of the Egyptian Government. Shortly before her arrival, King Fuad, while driving through the streets of Alexandria, was greeted with "Vive Khedive Abbas Hilmy!" This event forced the Government to forbid a feminist welcome to the ex-Khedive's mother and so incensed public feeling. Moreover, the body of the ex-Khedive's son, Prince Abdel Kader, who died recently, was due to arrive in Egypt. Again the Government forbade any public demonstration, which further incensed sections of public opinion. Then...
...young priest is interested in questions which he scarcely dares face, and those are the questions of " social justice." Are the rich too rich; the poor too poor? Since the church does so little to educate young men and women to marry intelligently, has it a right to forbid divorce? Birth control? Perhaps H. G. Wells is right-250,000,000 people is enough to be on earth at any one time...