Word: lets
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...let it be known that he hoped the country would not be misled into thinking there are all sorts of corruption and incompetence in the Government, because "at this time of year" (that is, when elections are in the offing) politics leads to the making of bitter criticisms in Congress...
...let it be known that he thinks U.S. adherence to the World Court will be helpful and will not be a step toward entrance into the League of Nations...
...remarking of the Anti-Saloon League: "Let me be understood clearly. I find that their methods are not distinguished by meticulous regard to limits imposed by facts...
...capital punishment really prevented a crime we should execute our murderers in the public square, on high hills or on top of our skyscrapers. Everybody should be required to attend. The schools and factories and business houses should be let out, just as they are on a holiday. The children should start right by seeing what we do to those who go wrong. 'Movies' should be taken and the front pages should be covered with delicious details of the murderer's last hours...
While even the occupants of the royal box appeared to incline a willing ear, and the public galleries seethed amid a pandemonium of approval, Premier Mussolini spoke with a venomous suppressed fury as follows: "Let pan-Germans remember that Italy is ready, if necessary, to carry her banners beyond her present frontiers but back? never! . . . The German anti-Italian agitation is nefarious and ridiculous. I call it nefarious because it is based upon a tissue of lies which the Germans themselves know to be lies. I call it ridiculous because the Germans have thought to frighten our young proud Fascist...