Word: lent
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...tariff theme lent itself also to the one embarrassing feature of the New England visit?the depression, in the textile industry. Nominee Hoover said he thought textiles had "turned the corner." He also, surprising no one, said: "Any change in the present policy of protection would without question result in a flood of foreign textile products which would mean no less than ruin to New England industry, both manufacturers and workmen...
...would be greeted. When first they landed at Kingstown harbor, loyal welcoming Irishmen cheered, waved flags. But others, unruly, loudly hissed, catcalled. Princess Mary & husband then motored to their castle at Portumna, on the river Shannon. Through the courtesy of the Free State Government a bullet proof automobile was lent. At Portumna, they discovered that Irish firebrands had tried to burn the castle and had also set fire to several hayricks. Graciously then Viscount Lascelles penned a note to the Irish Free State expressing deep "regret if the visit to the Free State has . . . caused suffering to anyone in Ireland...
Cormac's skill in "blarneying" or "putting-off" the English lent to his stone its potent reputation...
With what wealth of plot and counterplot did the play proceed! A friend of Jackson Jones lent his incongruous assistance to Billie; he was a person who used these terms in answering a telephone: "You speak first, it's your nickel." Also he suggested a Smith slogan...
Methodists. The vehemence of her cry, the importance of her position in the federal government, rather than the national importance of the gathering she addressed, have lent notoriety to Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt's earnest charge to 2,000 Methodist ministers in convention at Springfield, Ohio (TIME, Sept. 24). "Take to your pulpits!" was her cry. "Preach that message! Rouse your communities! The [enforcement] issue is bigger than party lines." As everyone knows, Mrs. Willebrandt is Assistant Attorney General of the U. S. Her speech was not repudiated by Methodist Bishops...