Word: opinionizing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...rediscovered the summer before, was some compensation, but there were several incidents that caused him, frayed as he was, to speak sharply to Mrs. Coolidge. She was glad when he made up his mind ("I do not choose . . ." etc.) about a question on which she had stitched her opinion six months earlier, in the famed bedspread inscribed: "Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865" "Calvin Coolidge...
...opponent, this is not the first time I ran for public office." "Here's one for you. This is warm." "There ain't going to be any report, because there ain't going to be any commission." "We have had in this country, in my opinion, about all we could stand of the 'spokesman' idea. . . ." The Democratic National Committee announced last week that 30,000 copies of the campaign speeches of Alfred Emanuel Smith, in book form, had been distributed in exchange for $125,000 in contributions to the $1,500,000 Democratic deficit. Smallest...
...following day Sir Esme Howard felt obliged to say: "My statement was ... an expression of my personal opinion . . . and not given under instructions from my Government...
Assistant Professor Elliott's explanation of the two solutions of the World Court problem shows the difficulties arising from the lamentable fifth reservation. The first of these solutions, to the effect that no opinion shall be given without the consent of the nation involved, would obviously deprive the Court of any influence--for no country would accept advice unless it were favorable. This was what happened in the recent boundary dispute between Finland and Russia consent was not forthcoming. The second solution, suggested by Senator Walsh, that a unanimous vote of the council be required before rendering an advisory opinion...
...United States cannot have her cake and eat it. If she profits by the Court, she must also bear responsibility. This she is now shirking. However, as Mr. Elliott explains, there is little value in an opinion unless it is received voluntarily. The World Court at least offers a point of contact between nations, a place for the storms of arbitration. This remains, although the United States insists on disarming the council...