Word: redresses
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...Canning encouraged liberal movements in Europe, used British naval power to keep France and Spain out of Latin America. He proposed a pact with the U.S.; President James Monroe instead unilaterally proclaimed a Monroe Doctrine. Later Canning made a famous boast: "I called the New World into existence to redress the balance...
Many loyal Americans like himself Lamont declared, "are now under a kind of house arrest, for no ascertainable crime and with no satisfactory redress . . . because they have asserted their moral and constitutional right of dissent...
...more grief. A libel action was planned by Silent Star Alice Terry, who, like the movie's heroine, played opposite Valentino in a film directed by her husband, the late Rex Ingram. Another suit was announced by Valentino's family-his brother, sister and nephew-who want redress for invasion of privacy and unauthorized use of the Valentino name...
Churchill would not be human if he did not deplore the way he was thrust from office after having carried his nation through its hardest war. It is certainly understandable if he believes that the electorate should have, and at the earliest opportunity, another chance to redress this regrettable mistake...
...appeal for more coal for defense; Horner was primed to resist any such plea. Instead, Attlee's Colonial Secretary, ex-Miner Jim Griffiths, gave the executive a comradely pep talk, said the government wouldn't let the miners down. At meeting's end, Attlee promised to redress the miners' grievances in return for their pledge that they would try to dig 3,000,000 extra tons of coal by April...