Word: objecting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Leaving the rest of the country to think what it liked, the General rushed up to Chautauqua New York, dry mecca. He made a speech He told the Chautauqua that bootlegging rested upon corruption of Government officials, that a major object of his regime was to purify the enforcement personnel. He also stated that his greatest problem was the "market" the unescapable fact that some people wanted. liquor and would pay money...
...rivers and harbors and nearly $9,000,000 for the Panama Canal. If the cut comes out of Rivers and Harbors, many hankerers after local improvements must go unsatisfied. If it comes out of the strictly military expenses, the Senate Military Affairs Committee is likely to object. Said Senator Wadsworth, Chairman (Republican of N. Y.) : "A further reduction would be suicide"; said Senator Fletcher of Florida, ranking Democrat : "There is such a thing as going too far." 2) In the case of the Shipping Board, repeated attempts have been made to reduce its operating expenses which were not long...
Latife, brilliant and vivacious, intelligent and accomplished, naturally interested the grave Mustafa. She spoke 'fluently English, French and German, and had mastered the Turkish language, an uncommon achievement for a modern Turkish woman. Moreover, she profoundly believed in the enlightenment of her sex in Turkey. Her object was to bring Turkish women to the social and cultural level of Western women and, en route, to destroy traditions (many of which were not sanctioned by the Koran) which had for centuries bound women to men as slaves. Moreover, she was an heiress...
...crumble. They do this without hesitation, asseverated Senator King, because, according to general opinion in the Near East, they have a secret agreement with Russia. This supposedly means that at some future date Russia may help Turkey to recapture her lost dominions in return for Constantinople, the age-old object of Russian foreign policy...
...what wishes they harbor in their ghostly hearts were revealed last week by the police. They wish for magic powders potent to bring back an erring wife or husband; for herbs that will "Tie Down Goods" (i.e., keep the object of their affections from departing), for "Boss Fix Powders" (roots and simples that will keep an employer in a halcyon mood), for fusions that will win the heart of the most austere maiden. Throaty voices extol in music the virtues of such medicines...