Word: logicality
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fact-marshaling speech the resigned Foreign Secretary was overwhelmed by the general House of Commons atmosphere of hysteria and tears, tottered out weeping. The appointment as his successor of Robert Anthony Eden, a handsome young man with ancestors who were Counts of the Holy Roman Empire, was the one logical move in a British fortnight of illogic. In the popular mind "Eden" stands for going whole hog against Italy, but in the House of Commons he has said that The Deal or any other arrangement acceptable to Italy, Ethiopia and the League would not be opposed by Britons. This stand...
Could the Italian-born Holy Father in his compassion fail to yield to the Italian logic of this deal? In Berlin last week Italian diplomats went ahead in preliminary conversations with the Wilhelmstrasse and the German Bishops over details. From the German viewpoint it could mean the immediate spending, during a hard German winter, of 20,000,000 marks...
...members, Harvard has been extraordinarily unsuccessful in attempting to answer it. Following the precedent of all traditions, a curious growth has been nurtured by the Superintendent of Caretakers and has been allowed to envelop the intricate problem of student conduct. Administrative officials admit there is no logic in the plan and were considerably surprised to learn that it is impossible to find a set of rules governing the Yard Police...
...same reason, little girl, that we kill of pigs, plow corn under, and then haven't food to feed the needy. It's logic a la brain trust...
Alice didn't know what 'logic a la brain trust' meant; but suspected that it was French and didn't matter anyway...