Word: protestation
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Secretary of Commerce Roy Dikeman Chapin. a Detroit man. and Under Secretary of the Treasury Arthur Atwood Ballantine. Most of Detroit's industrial and banking tycoons jammed the smoke-blue room. At 2 a. m. Governor Comstock announced simply that he would declare a holiday. Over the violent protest of the bankers, he told the "unvarnished story" of Union Guardian's plight...
...knots, two Dutch destroyers and the modern cruiser Java strained to overtake the De Zeven Provincien, though her 12-inch guns could easily pierce their light armor. "We do not intend violence." plaintively radioed the native mutineers in a message addressed to the World Press. "Our object is protest. No one on board has been harmed...
...elections just because of a slight change in the nomination system. And, finally, even if interest did increase greatly, there must be a higher numerical requirement attached to the petition in order to keep the number of candidates within reason. Such new stringency would doubtless either evoke storms of protest or kill any new burst of interest...
...French Minister, the Liberian Secretary of State delivered a protest...
...religious practice, especially in a fanatical inner sect called the "Sons of Freedom." Often, on their own lands, they go about naked even in midwinter, although this is less popular with the younger generation than with strapping Doukhobor matrons and bearded elders. Nakedness is also a convenient form of protest against the Government, a protest which the Northwest Mounted Police combat with whips, tear-bombs, itch-powder (TIME, Sept...