Word: mattering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...haling the remarkable achievement o the German dirigible, Graft Zeppelin. Enthusiastic praise of the triumph of Captain Eckener and his associates has been almost universal. The Transcript, however, has managed to find something more than great skill and great courage in the venture of the German airmen: "As a matter of fact, the experience with the ship is more valuable from a military point of view than it is from a commercial. May it not be that this aspect of the matter had a place in the minds of her builders and navigators...
Possibly certain earnest souls who take their politics as seriously as they do their humor will regret this lack of respect, will lament the thought that "the automobile and frigidaire companies dicate American politics, no matter who takes the trout-fishing trips." But on the other hand there is a certain admirable insouciance in the attitude, not wholly unrelated to that of Nero's fiddle-act, nor to the carefree independence of the man who fell asleep during Smith's inaugural address. And it will be a crusty gentleman indeed who cannot smile at the "Whispering Campaign" or "The Little...
World has been received that the Harvard Liberal Club also contemplates taking some action in the matter...
...great bull should have turned into a bear was a blow which could only be described as catastrophic. Seeking a parallel, traders suggested that Nominee Hoover might issue such a statement as this: "My name has been frequently mentioned as being prominently identified with the Republican party. As a matter of fact I have never been a Republican. I am a firm believer in Jeffersonian Democracy...
...Circuit Court decision. Said the brief: "The fact that the applicant . . . may or may not be able or willing to bear arms is not the sole consideration. The mental attitude of the individual toward the Government and its defense, with its necessary influence on others, is a vital matter. . . . She says she has 'no sense of nationalism, only a cosmic consciousness of belonging to the human family.' . . . If every citizen believed as she does and acted as she will, we would have no Constitution and no Government...