Word: lies
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...neighbors. Poland, under the tutelage of France, is a highly militaristic nation overrun by soldiers and bristling with fortifications,--bought with money loaned to them by you and I for the most part, to repair the ravages wrought by other countries in the war. The towns and villages still lie in ruins, but along the entire Poland frontier stretch miles of costly barb wire entanglements through a narrow gap in which the train runs. The Polish side is guarded by a regiment of well uniformed soldiers with their lip sticks and rouged cheeks while on the Russian side there...
Thus war was a subject on the program, and 181 delegates signified that they would utterly refuse to participate in "the next one"; but 65 felt that their duty to their country or their God might lie in fighting; and 215 "had not thought the thing through...
...that we have much in common. The Americans excel above all in character acting. The two great successes in London in the past year have been Lucille Laverne in Sunup," and John Barrymore in the Shakespeare plays. On the other hand, the success of an English actor seems to lie in his ability to portray the everyday man as he is. Cyril Maude, for instance is praised for his acting as Cyril Maude, and not for any particular part he takes...
...Premier Baldwin declared: "Had there been no settlement of the boundary question by agreement. . . chaos in Ireland would have resulted." Replying to those who carped at England's virtually "buying peace" by relinquishing her claims upon the Free State, he cried: "Where does the interest of Great Britain lie! Does it lie in keeping the South of Ireland poor and trying to squeeze a debt out of her? As a matter of pure business the interest of this country lies in a prosperous and peaceful Ireland...
...happiness the end of life? Is evolution incompatible with religion? My wife wants to bob her hair-how can I stop her? Should people about to marry confess to each other? What is the soul? Is a lie ever justifiable? Should there be universal birth control? How? Why? When? Where...