Word: protestation
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...addition of the German names is significant in two ways. In the first place, it is a gesture of respect and homage to the Harvard men who sacrificed their lives for their country on the side of the Central Powers. In the second place, it is an implicit protest against the distinction between the honor due to those who fought for the Central Powers and to those who fought for the Allies. And that is what is most important...
Reorganization, "I shall issue executive orders in a few days grouping or consolidating over 50 agencies. A host of interested persons will at once protest...
...after New York City's special mayoralty election it was announced that Acting Mayor Joseph Vincent ("Holy Joe") McKee, no candidate, had received some 137,000 "protest" votes, to the alarmed dismay of Tammany Hall and its bull-jowled nominee for Mayor, John Patrick ("Potatoes") O'Brien. To cast a McKee vote citizens had to write his name in on voting machines-a process hampered by ignorance, lack of pencils and the hostility of Tammany election officials...
...Henry Peabody, whose gesture a few years ago in moving to Florida by way of protest when Massachusetts repealed its dry law was a charming contribution to local tabuloalty, has aesped into the headlines again. In a speech defending Prohibition (O quam to memorem virgo) she urged that every woman in the United States should go into morning when the eighteenth amendment is repealed. In no other way can the nation's relapse into the arms of the Harlot of Rum be fittingly symbolized...
...bill, a hefty item in the pre-Revolution program against His Catholic Majesty Alfonso XIII. The shouting Deputies claim the franchise was illegal, that it was obtained only after a thumping bribe was slipped to "a high personage." Telefonica Nacional was given until Dec. 3 to file a formal protest. Granted in the days of Dictator Primo de Rivera, the franchise contract has been recognized by two succeeding governments including the present, which appointed a representative to the board. Premier Azana's supporters are eager for a few succinct answers from...