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Word: questioners (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...question of personality, of course, enters, but there again personality is such a varied attribute that it is difficult to do more than generalize on such a theme...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In the Business World | 3/25/1929 | See Source »

...people of the United States. Although the imbroglio in which this country and Great Britain have become involved over the sinking of an alleged rum-runner does not arise from conflicting opinions of Nationalists or Revolutionists, it is a matter of internal government that threatens to become a question of international importance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WAR AND PEACE | 3/25/1929 | See Source »

...true that the ship in question may have been violating the laws of the United States, but the offense did not warrant its being sunk beyond the twelve mile limit. Such an action offers the British government excellent grounds for protest and leaves this country without a valid excuse. The enthusiasm of the coast guard in executing their duties might be satisfactory to the W. C. T. U., but their breach of international etiquette certainly will not find favor in diplomatic circles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WAR AND PEACE | 3/25/1929 | See Source »

Senator William Edgar Borah of Idaho plodded into the Department of Justice last week to demand of Attorney General Mitchell that the whole system of prison spying cease. Col. Mitchell weighed the question thoughtfully, and Senator Borah withheld comment until a decision should be announced. Meantime, Mrs. Willebrandt hinted that the prison-snooping system had originated with Attorney General Sargent. At the same time, with feminine inconsistency, she hinted that if she could not continue to snoop on her prison wardens she would resign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Snook v. Snoop | 3/25/1929 | See Source »

...Helen was positive that the Chief Justice had said "preserve, maintain and defend," not "preserve, maintain and protect." Finally the movietone was invoked to settle the question. Its sound record proved Helen right, the Chief Justice wrong, on both counts. Mr. Taft, highly diverted, said he didn't think it was important. Perhaps, after he has sworn in nine presidents, like Chief Justice Marshall, or even seven, like Chief Justice Taney, his memory of the lines will not fail Chief Justice Taft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUDICIARY: An Old Man's Memory | 3/25/1929 | See Source »

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