Word: meres
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...defendant's only foible. To establish the sincerity of her denial of this vice, defense attorneys shrewdly made a point of admitting their client's guilt of thefts, adultery and forgery. Motive for Mrs. Hahn's dealings with her elderly Cincinnati compatriots was established as mere robbery. Motive for the robberies was even more innocent - her addiction to gambling, preferably on horseraces. Of the $50,000 acquired from her old friends in the last eight years, Mrs. Hahn last week had barely enough left to pay her counsel fees...
...hearts of the movie-going public. Those who have seen either of the films know they cannot go wrong on a second visit; those who have seen neither will be pleased to learn that two of the greatest landmarks in screen history may be viewed for the mere crossing of Massachusetts Avenue...
...this range of discretion, deemed to be a necessary incident of his power to suppress disorder, that every sort of action the Governor may take, no matter how unjustified by the exigency or subversive of private right and the jurisdiction of the courts otherwise available, is conclusively supported by mere executive flat...
...despot reaching for more power, that he is a "changed man" and a turncoat, and that he has certainly made a grave mistake in the Black episode; nevertheless thoughtful voters want to hear more than that just now. Giving the New Deal the raspberry is easy, but mere negations of its principles wil never attract votes. To do this a positive, independent program is essential. As the Boston Herald comments: "A party policy of which the best that can be said is that it is not unconstitutional will cause no enthusiasm among Republicans . . ." or anybody else whom Mr. Landon wishes...
Libel suits involving public officials and prominent persons are almost certain to create a stir. But there is more than mere slander in the Narragansett fracas. The fight between two unscrupulous persons, one, a hot-headed politician, and the other, a person who, many believe, is trying to buy his way into politics, is bound to be no ordinary fray. Each man has demanded the removal of the other, with aspersions on character and integrity freely cast. Each man has defied the other, and each has taken up the other's dare. The courts have reversed the decision...