Word: phrased
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...must abandon the great phrase of Liberty," said Dictator Mussolini years ago, and added (TIME, Jan. 31), "Fascismo has already stepped, and, if need be, will quickly turn around to step once more over the more or less putrid body of the Goddess Liberty...
...lecturer began the second part of his speech by making a distinction between the phrase "society of nations" as he used it, and the League of Nations. After comparing the individual as related to the nation, to the nation as related to the world, President Hibben remarked that "upon a superficial observation of our natural resources, of our commanding financial superiority as the creditor nation of the world, and our industrial progress unequalled in history, it seems to be a reasonable judgement that our nation so highly favored is self-contained and self-sufficient. A more profound observation of ourselves...
Resentment of unfavorable comment on the part of the Oregon undergraduate body has led to a parallel situation, Irritated by the hostile criticism it attempts to justify its suppressive tendencies with the phrase "to prevent disagreement". It would deny to the Emerald the opportunity to exercise one of the prime functions of an undergraduate publication that of moulding opinion, granting it only the right of reflecting the popular sentiment of the "student leaders...
...lecture will be divided into two parts, the topics being, "The Individual and Society" and "The Nation and the Society of Nations." The phrase, "Society of Nations" does not refer to the League of Nations, but in a more general sense to the great world mass comprising all nations and races...
...with banners, and since Editor Mencken possesses, like most successful Americans, a flair for slapstick showmanship, it may be doubted that the American Mercury is now read for idle-minded amusement by sheepish culture-hunters less than it is read with deep attention by serious people. The half-baked phrase-snatcher on whose lips "babbitt" and "moron" are now most often heard must infuriate Mr. Mencken while he continues to get out the most provocative review...