Word: overthrows
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...concluding he said. "Although the first section of the 14th amendment does not expressly say that all persons born or naturalized in the United States are citizens, and although that provision unquestionably was meant to overthrow the view expressed by these judges in the Dred Scoff case, nevertheless today the express provision would be deemed unnecessary. No modern court could dream, even in the absence of the 14th amendment, that a free negro is not a citizen...
...Theoretically it is separated from the Soviet Government, but actually it is the most important branch of that body, controlling foreign policy and spending Government funds. Its prime function is the propagation of Communism throughout the world-a call to the world proletariat to throw off the capitalist yoke, overthrow the existing government, proclaim a dictatorship. "Workers of the World, Unite!" That is its slogan...
Although M. Briand fishes peacefully in Brittainy, and Mayor Herriot "rusticates" near his native town, the success of the political revolution in France has scarcely been assured. Apparently, the overthrow of the Right was as unexpected by the Left as by everone else; and the fabrication of a new government comes as an unanticipated contingency to the victorious by bewildered Liberals. It is not improbable that the Left will discover the overthrow the ruling party by a coalition of Cissatisfied, rebellious elements a far simpler matter than the welding of these elements into a homogeneous mass capable of retaining power...
France. "We are going to help the Eastern people shake off the yoke of foreign domination. We shall never pay the Tsar's debt to France. We are standing firmly on our feet. The French know they will never overthrow...
...evening of Nov. 8, 1923, Adolph Hitler, General Ludendorff and their followers suddenly appeared before a gathering of Bavarian officials in the Burgerbrau Kellar (famed beer cellar), fired shots to obtain silence arid dramatically announced the overthrow of the Government, proclaiming themselves dictators...