Word: pretexting
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...theory, or pretext, that they must be impartial in local party feuds, these magistrates were never natives of the city which they were appointed to govern. Far be it from Signor Mussolini to overlook the advantages of this mediaeval method of centralization. Appointees of the national government will soon supplant locally elected mayors...
...this phase of the situation which gave Mr. Haney a pretext to bandy words with the President, in his refusal to resign, as few would have dared. Mr. Haney's refusal, in part...
...relegated to the limbo of historical illusions together with the Trade Routes of Troy. Both public and private documents prove that the white troops fought loyally for their masters and that "white slave" discontent never reached the proportions of a rebellion; while the constitutional question was a mere pretext for economic grievances which gradually became more prominent, until the war was fought out simply to secure control of the railroads. The Jewish or Nordic government had the advantage in financial strength and man-power, but the Negroes were a compact body known as the Solid South and had superior technical...
...canned in strips. It makes inferior fare. Monte Blue, the actor whose face is so soft you expect it to melt any moment, is the chaplain who tore off his white collar and went to war. Later-to Africa in the wool business-injured-back to London. On convenient pretext, the girl is introduced at every episode. One can afford to be distant both to her and to her story...
...attacks, that the Opposition was weary of the Government's talk without action, that the Italian people were fed to the teeth with both the Government and the Opposition. The Government decided on action. A rumor had reached it that its enemies were arming. On that pretext, eleven newspapers were seized in Rome, Milan, Turin; many homes of prominent Opposition leaders were searched...