Word: objecting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...little piqued that their beloved hewer of the cherry tree has posthumously become the patron of the "Society for the Prevention of Calling Pullman, Car Porters 'George'." The inference is inevitable to a superstitious mind that the ghost of the great Father has risen in Danish wrath to object to the promiscuous use of his forename. A religious touch--which may smooth over the unmistakable insult to the present holders of the title--is added to the movement by the fact that Senator Moses has become one of its high priests...
...have said that your object has been to produce a picture of our Commonwealth of Nations. No one can doubt that this has been fully attained. The exhibition may be said to reveal to us the whole empire in little, containing within its 220 acres of ground a vivid model of the architecture, art and industry of all the races which come under the British flag...
...object" of the balloon race is to float as far as possible from the starting point. This looks simple, far simpler than piloting a racing airplane. The balloons entered in a modern race are more or less alike, the equipment and instruments are identical. Since the wind is the sole propelling agency, it would appear that luck alone is the deciding factor.. Far from it. Skill is more important: in ballooning than in airplane racing, where the technically best machine is almost certain...
...Citizen's Military Training Camps for New England will be held this summer from August 1 to August 31 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts, and at Fort Adams, Rhode Island. The object of these camps is to bring together men of high type from all sections of the country on a common basis of equality and under the most favorable conditions of outdoor life; to stimulate and promote citizenship, patriotism, and Americanism; and, through expert physical direction, athletic coaching, and military training, to benefit the men individually, and bring them to a greater realization of their obligations to their country...
...flag on the death of Lenin and which systematically prepares its disciples for teaching positions trine that democracy and capitalism are failures which can only be wiped out by bloody revolution. An assistant principal who is one of its pupils made the remark to me, "You mustn't object to revolution as a means of improving our government; this country was founded on a revolution." I see a considerable difference between the American Revolution against the tyranny of George III. and a revolution of the workers against majority rule in a democracy, but not they...