Word: plights
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Lloyd George said: " I shall be neither a missionary nor a bootlegger, I shall neither preach sound doctrine nor smuggle bad whisky." He said he was going to Canada to express Britain's great gratitude for her aid in the War. Referring to the sorry plight of the Allies in 1917 and the entry of the U. S. into the War, " L. G." said: " Just then that young Hercules of the West came striding along, fearlessly, dauntlessly, and took his stand here by the side of the Armies of France and of Great Britain. Do you know what that meant...
...company with his son, Dr. Vladimir Pavloff, a professor of physics, who studied under Sir Joseph Thomson, when he was robbed at the Grand Central Terminal of $2,000-all his ready cash. The Pavloffs were adopted as guests by the Rockefeller Institute when scientific colleagues learned of their plight, and money was immediately advanced by the Rockefeller organizations and other friends...
...plight of the Scholar...
...opposition of the Tuchuns, grew worse instead of better. The Government was unable to meet interest payments on national loans, the Army and Navy complained and mutinied on account of not being paid, Government officials have been without salaries and diplomatic and consular officials have been in the same plight for nearly a year...
...this question, there are several answers, he went on to say. We must consider the plight of Europe. It is impossible for us to realize the chaos and tragedy in which Europe has been plunged by the World War. "Fighting cannot construct--cannot bring order out of chaos, nor have politics been able to solve the problem. These evils must be wiped out by religion. Nations must dare to apply the principles of the New Testament to business and international relationship. Religion is not a top dress to be worn on Sundays and discarded week days. It is the vital...