Word: mentioning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...downright destructive. Picking for their political sound-off the 148th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution by its framers at Philadelphia, important Republicans throughout the land warmed to a theme which they hope will be paramount in the 1936 presidential campaign. Though few G. O. Partisans dared to mention him by name, the speeches of one & all were aimed directly at the President of the U. S. No less full of wails and warnings were a number of disgruntled Democrats who used Constitution Day to view the New Deal with loud alarm. If the contents of these addresses could...
...which dominates the world refuses us a small bit of land under the African sun! Many times I have given Britain assurance that her interests in Ethiopia would be scrupulously respected. Her attitude, I repeat, is monstrous! The real reasons why Britain so strongly opposes Italy she does not mention...
Noting that German crops were poor last year and that his Government suppressed mention of this fact at the time, the Little Man said with his crystal simplicity, "We can speak about...
...detector's graph showed, at this point, marked disturbance of breathing, pulse, blood pressure-presumptive evidence of a lie. Yet the lad was telling the truth. Patient questioning brought out that he had indeed not stolen a car, but that mention of "stealing" and "car" reminded him of the time when he had put only four gallons of fuel in the family automobile's tank, although his father had given him money for five. Hence his reaction...
...Congressman in a State which up until six months ago was run by Republicans is a plebiscite on the New Deal. Maybe the GOP's don't know that the area in question represents less than 1% of the area and population of the U.S. They also forget to mention that the people in Rhode Island have never tried to make a living by growing cotton and then selling it for 6¢ per Ib. As for the New Deal spending money, it would probably be interesting for them to know that there are more unemployed people in New York City...