Word: instead
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Congressional districts of most states are anachronistic. Instead of redistricting themselves as their populations have grown, the States have been allowed, since the reapportionment of 1842, to elect new Representatives allotted to them "at large," i. e. by statewide instead of district vote. The present ratio of representation is one Representative to every 211,877 citizens. A congressman-at-large acquires a certain prestige from winning a statewide election; but, in Congress, he or she has no special position...
Traveling by special train, yet with studied informality, Lord and Lady Willingdon arranged to receive, when they reached Vancouver last week, merely a simple greeting from Mayor Louis Taylor instead of an expensive formal welcome. Further to spare Vancouver all expense, they slept each night aboard their train...
...marched on Vienna, and France and England should have marched on Berlin, and the conquered populations should have been forced to sacrifice their production for a century, if necessary, in order to indemnify the victors. This is what Germany did in 1870, and she was quite right. The Allies, instead, allowed America to betray them in 1918, and they were quite wrong...
...Instead of the disastrous economic crisis which now crushes the whole of Europe we should have economic crushing only of the conquered peoples. This is what historical justice required. It would be just to give up German reparations only if such a step were made dependent on America and England letting France and Italy off the sums owed them...
...Bremen, a coalition of Socialists, Communists and Democrats prevented the Municipal Council from sending the German fliers praise because the plane had carried Monarchist instead of Republican colors...