Word: objecting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...advocated erecting a system of inland fortifications similar to the French line that hinges on Verdun. "Such fortifications would, of course, be purely a defensive measure, but would be effective as nothing else could be in serving notice upon all that these United States are not an inviting object of buccaneering invasion. . . . Let us never forget the old proverb, 'Sweat saves blood...
...make war efficiency the object of all training and to maintain that efficiency during the entire period of peace...
...objected that whereas the surgeon performs his operation to save the life of the patient, in the other case we do just the reverse. But on a deeper analysis it will be found that the ultimate object sought to be served in both cases is the same, viz., to relieve the suffering soul within from pain. In the one case you do it by severing the diseased portion from the body. In the other you do it by severing from the soul the body that has become an instrument of torture to it. . . . Suppose, for instance, that I find...
...Palestine. Whenever an archaeologist digs up something ancient in Palestine there is joy, whether the object corroborates a Biblical story or whether it indicates a pre-history which the Biblical reporters knew nothing...
...then sugar refiner. Then, as now, American Sugar Refining Co. was the chief unit in the industry. Father Claus drew a line around the Pacific Coast territory, told the sugar trust that the coast belonged to Spreckels. When the enemy ventured across the line, Father Claus decided on an object lesson. He invaded the East, built the world's largest sugar refinery at Philadelphia, brought the trust to terms, sold the refinery for $7,000,000. American Sugar Refining Co. stayed away from the Pacific coast...