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...used to enforce the State sterilization law. Cried he: ''Mrs. Ainsworth violated all sense of justice and decency. . . . The father [ of a 19-year old] was violently opposed to having his boy subjected to this mutilation. She tricked the father into signing a consent order on the pretext that he was signing his son's release from the Wayne County Training School." Other cases which horrified Mr. Williams: a girl 20, a girl 18, a boy 16, all of whom "objected to being sterilized, to no avail." More data which shocked Michigan: During the past four years...
...Russia, war would be a disaster, since it would destroy its second Five Year Plan. Such a conflict would be precipitated only by Japan, probably using the railroad situation as a pretext. An aggressive move of this sort would not be preceded by a formal declaration of war; Japan would merely enter Russia and seize land, as she did in the Manchukuo dispute...
...plants are accurately kept and made public for general inspection, the experiments in the Valley offer hope of a final solution to this murky problem. Thus far, at any rate, the T.V.A. has proved to be the one ace Roosevelt has pulled from his immaculate sleeve which gives undeniable pretext for prolonged huzzahs and justifiable optimism. CASTOR
...left in them. They did not even attempt a general strike; they merely acquiesced. This was partially due to Dollfuss' cleverness in declaring the dictatorship to stop the Nazis, pet hate of all Marxists. Moving one small step at a time he has not offered the Socialists a sufficient pretext to declare a general strike, yet he has succeeded in gradually hamstringing them by taking away their surplus and by slowly abolishing their major taxes. No blow has been struck, but the Socialist Party may now be considered dead...
Hannibal and Caesar. . . . Every taunt, however bitter; every tale, however petty; every charge, however shameful, for which the incidents of a long career could afford a pretext, has been leveled against him." The Duke of Marlborough was born (1650) John Churchill, but his lines were cast in potent places. As a penurious but presentable gentleman at Charles II's court he found favor with the Duchess of Cleveland, one of the King's own. Once, nearly caught in the act by his royal rival, Churchill jumped featly out of the Duchess's bedroom window. ''Delighted...