Word: pointedness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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The group, smiles of relief playing on their grim visages, cantered up to an automobile. Nobody was in it. "But they cannot be far away," thought the horsemen. Then, one, with a piercing exclamation of horror, pointed to the back seat of the car on which were scattered the mangled...
The mine owners were not unsympathetic, but pointed out that, as their industry is to a great extent run on borrowed capital and therefore has high interest charges to meet, they cannot afford to increase the level of wages, despite the fact that the total sum involved for the entire...
Towards breaking up such a strongly entrenched party, a minority political faction is important, Senator Walsh pointed out, and added that the Demo- cratic party will be important in the approaching campaign in bringing to light corrupt practices.
Taking sharp issue with the belief that war was the worst evil in the world, Haddon asked what would have become of the American contribution to civilization if the fathers of the Revolution had been "lily white pacifists." Even admitting that pacifism was a Christian doctrine, which he vigorously denied...
Summing up the affirmative case for the University in the concluding speech of the debate, Reel pointed out that his opponents were pacifists at heart, for they were opposed to war. "The only distinction is that we are uncompromising. There was no compromise in the militarism of the World War...