Word: platform
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fact that a socialist government was in power. This last was extremely important because the Blum ministry, in accordance with its platform, was dedicated to internal improvements and large expenditures which the French could not afford, and which destroyed faith in the franc...
...That if the all important social measures are now in jeopardy they were just as much so last June. Said Senator Wheeler: "The Democratic platform, dictated by the President himself, provided for meeting New Deal reforms by constitutional process. The conditions which exist in the Ohio River Valley and the Dust Bowl are identical with those which prevailed when the platform was adopted...
...picturesquely in chaps, boots, broad sombrero, and all the other parapherhalia of the Western plains. His spurs will catch on the stairs and twirl with a merry ring; his lasso will describe lazy circles over the heads of the admiring assembly. Knox Chandler, the Cowboy Professor, will mount the platform nonchantly and present his opinions in the most vigorous dialect of the youthful American language...
...subject of his appointment to the presidency of Mount Holyoke College, Professor Ham said that he had no definite platform of administration but intended to work quitely within the existing system for what he believed was the ideal. Referring to the recent agitation against his appointment by an ardent group of Mount Holyoke feminists, he said with a smile, "I have received innumerable welcomes and some shots since my appointment...
There are five planks in this platform, three outstanding. The first provides immediate expression of the views of House and Dudley Hall chairmen on Council problems in their sphere, through the mediacy of House representatives on the Council. For, according to the Constitution, there must be at least one resident of each House and two non-residents on the central organization...