Word: quarrelings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...human relations which have little or nothing to do with the structure of government. What, then, is the essential, pervasive, irreducible characteristic in this thing we call "politics"--the unifying concept? Mr. Brane says it is social control--the control of power exercised by man over man. Few will quarrel with this choice in general, although some doubt whether "power" adequately expresses the "political" relations of men, and all will readily admit that since it is a phenomenon perceptible not in itself but only in cause and effect, the "science" must be constructed along somewhat vague and unstable lines...
Those who saw in the recent settlement of the Hungarian-Jugo-Slavian affair the beginning of a new era in international politics should be interested by an item in yesterday's newspapers dealing with the equally fascinating, although less important, quarrel between Italy and Abyssinia. These reports announced that, in a statement apparently signed by Premier Mussolini himself, the Italian government had refused arbitration, maintaining that the case was one of pure aggression on the part of the Ethiopians. This statement has a certain whimsical humor, suggesting an image of the Roman eagle fighting for its life against the black...
...Loyal Opposition, had a perfect opening to attack his Majesty's Government as perjured hypocrites, but instead he endorsed their wisdom, obvious apparently to all Great Britons except that Canadian-born Press Tycoon Baron Beaverbrook. Unheeded, his Daily Express roared, "This is what comes of meddling in a quarrel that is not ours! ... By sending in British troops we lay ourselves open to the eventual criticism of both France and Germany. . . . We are like the fool who interferes in another family's dispute...
...long-awaited "formula" has finally appeared in the quarrel between Yugo Slavia and Hungary. The latter nation, it seems, is to take action against the band of international terrorists within her borders yet she does not admit the existence of any such band. In this way all parties are satisfied, both of the involved governments are strengthened at home and peace reigns...
...street, Edsel Ford reiterated that the Ford Company had not signed certificates of NRA compliance, reiterated that it was living up 100% to NRA requirements. All was forgiven if not forgotten, for the Government had just sanctioned the purchase of a Ford for the first time since the great quarrel a year ago.* The President and Edsel Ford had met in the glass pool-house given to Warm Springs by the Fords...