Word: meanly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...last week in the northern (Senate) wing of the Capitol, J. Thomas Heflin, a gentleman from Alabama, arose to address his venerable colleagues, saying: "Some time ago I said in the Senate that 'G. O. P.' had been interpreted to mean 'going out of power,' and that a gentleman...
...ANSWER : Wilson vetoed it because he was a great historian and knew constitutional law. QUESTION: What effect did the absence of our men fighting overseas have on the enactment of the Volstead Act? ANSWER: "Well it took away 4,000,000 of our best drinkers and by that I mean men who took a little wine for their stomachs' sake...
...credit had been arranged in London. It was even detailed that the loan was in the form of three-months' notes bearing 6% interest. All banks referred inquiring reporters to J. P. Morgan & Co. J. P. M. & Co. refused to comment. It was pointed out that this might mean either that a loan was in process of negotiation or that J. P. M. & Co., did not care to drive the franc into a relapse by denial...
...Turkey just now is turning her head to the West and forgetting the East; in whick case, loss of prestige in Islam may not mean so much...
There is no comparison about the matter," he went on, "for the great majority of schools do not require their teachers to stress religion. All that is asked of them is that they treat religion with a general decency. But by this I do not mean that the public schools are in any way godless...