Word: offending
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fact that he is expected to rule that body. At White House conferences he is often urged by Vice President Garner to use his power, to make "the boys" toe the mark, but there is not even a rambunctious Congressman whom Speaker Byrns has it in his heart to offend by being sternly autocratic. "We'll take care of that all right," he says pacifically. "Don't worry about that...
...like Constance Bennett or Clark Gable or light amusement you will enjoy this picture, it does not offend the Catholic League of Decency or the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals...
...King discovers that one wife is better than 366, especially if that one be the lovely Sidney Fox. The remaining wives revolt and expel Taxis, his governesses, his police, and his guns. So the kingdom is again left to live by its simple code of (1) don't offend your neighbor, and (2) otherwise do as you like...
...restriction of a free press, the squashing of class rights are not subjects upon which any ambassador representing the American Government should utter public comment, whether laudatory or otherwise. He is there to promote an amiable friendship and understanding between the two countries, not to insult anyone abroad or offend anyone at home. His business is to represent the American form of government and not to give abetment to any other form no matter what his private opinions...
...National Revolutionary Party. In the Chamber of Deputies next day several arose to condemn anti-Catholic extremists headed by Minister of Agriculture Tomas Garrido Canabal. The more pious of Boss Calles' underlings promptly resolved that the Government's program be carried out "without harming or trying to offend the religious beliefs of the people...