Word: questionably
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...generalized from three proposals by Nominee Smith in such a way as to represent his opponent as the apostle of an entire political philosophy foreign to the U. S. In doing so he had been indirect, impersonal, but purposeful. For example, he had cited government operation of railroads, a question not under debate. And he had quoted from the late great Laborite Samuel Gompers to improve his general argument, without explaining that the Gompers quotation had reference to Government operation of railroads and that alone. These things about the "Socialism" speech made it sound like just another political speech...
...influence throughout the restless North-west (see p. 16). Senator Norris flatly opposed the Hoover position on water power, which for Senator Norris is the paramount issue. Senator Borah, one of Hooverism's most vigorous campaigners, was forced to admit, "I disagree with Mr! Hoover on the power question. If that were the only issue in this campaign. I could not support him." Senator Borah said the paramount issues were Prohibition and Farm Relief, of a different brand than Smith's. He did not "bolt." Neither did Senator Johnson, loud-spoken champion of a Federal water and power...
Professor Morgan says that the question is not whether Sacco and Vanzettl were innocent, but whether they had a fair trial. To be sure, that was the question before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts for decision; but the question before the Governor was the broader one raising the issue of actual guilt. For the very purpose of the pardoning power vested in the governor is to enable him to extend executive clemency to innocent men and women who have been convicted after a fair trial. If the governor and his commission confined themselves to inquiring of the jurors whether...
...really important question is not whether Vanzetti was innocent but whether Vanzetti had a fair trial. If he received a fair trial, neither he nor his friends have, or ever had, any real complaint against the courts of Massachusetts. Under our system a lawsuit is not an independent, scientific investigation for the discovery of truth, but is an adversary proceeding. The court has no facilities for making impartial investigations. The machinery for the administration of justice does not, and from its very nature cannot, function perfectly. In criminal cases the de- Instead of blasting off 30 feet of matrix from...
...rented as a single unit. Second, to use part of the funds to build a small hangar for club use primarily, and to invest the remainder to serve as a permanent endowment fund which would allow the club to increase its operations and to lower its flying rates. The question can not be definitely decided until the plan for the Boston airport is agreed upon...