Word: possessed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...writes, "our world does not possess the requisite courage and cohesion, then we had better abandon our dream of a warless future, and revert to the limited objective of 'peace in our time.' With such an end in view, we may still turn for counsel to the pre-War system. At its worst, it was less dangerous than a paper facade, which no nation trusts or fears. At present, it seems, nations which should trust are dominated by fear, and those which fear are emboldened. The peoples of the world seem at times to resemble a crowd in a small...
...Treaty of Versailles forbids Germany to possess submarines or war planes. Herr Hitler has tacitly admitted possession of an air force (TIME, March 4). Last week the naval correspondent of London's carefully conservative Morning Post did not say that Germany has any actual submarines, but he did affirm that she has an excellent new type of undersea boat on drafting boards and in the brains of capable designers. Special advantage of this blueprint craft is that it needs no storage batteries for submerged propulsion...
There are some who look askance at the consistency with which the views of Hearst, Long, and Coughlin coincide. Stout Republicans and staunch Democrats possess insidious forebodings that such a powerful triumvirate may not be as harmless and as purposeless as it seems, with the 1936 elections looming not so far ahead. It will be remembered that the Hearst Syndicate was solidly behind Honest John Garner and solidly opposed to Roosevelt until the latter's nomination seemed a foregone conclusion in the Democratic convention. It must be realized that the good Father's flock of some millions...
...Marxist, would not be compelled to jump off the roof in despair. Daughter Hennie would not have to marry a simpleton after Moe Axelrod, the embittered disabled veteran, gives her a baby. Son Ralph would not have to pine for the sweetheart and sport shoes he cannot possess on his $16-a-week salary...
...fellows, that one is serving Uncle Sam, that there is more security in Civil Service than in most industries, that the pay in the lower categories is more adequate--no Civil Service will be of permanent value so long as it fails to attract those men who possess the rare quality of leadership. The fact which cannot be overemphasized is that such men are not attracted by security alone, nor by mere altruism. What they have demanded in the past, and what they will certainly demand in the future, is, first, a tangible opportunity to rise in proportion to their...