Word: referred
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...conference at Lausanne struck another snag last week when the Ottoman debt came up for discussion. The various Allied representatives had to refer the question to their home governments; thus a delay was occasioned...
...That, as opponents of the World Court freely suggest, the limitation of Mr. Harding's speechmaking is brought about by the solicitation of his friends, who do not wish him to have too much opportunity to refer to his proposal. If he made a return speaking tour, he might be forced into a heated defense of the World Court by the animadversions of opponents against his speeches...
...Guinea the natives refer to all girls as " Mary's" - to go a-wooing is going " to catch a Mary," according to a professional woman traveller recently returned...
...policies for which I and my publications fought, and in fighting got the reputation of being radical, have nearly all been accomplished- and, being in successful operation, are no longer regarded with apprehension. "It is ancient history now to refer to the election of Senators by the people. That policy did not rend the structure of government to its foundations, as timid conservatism predicted; nor did woman's suffrage destroy the fabric of society; nor have direct primaries upset the balance of our political processes. "As a matter of plain fact, I am in some things an utter conservative...
From the outside of this pandemonium, Britain shyly moots the question of Anglo-American intervention. From another source comes the suggestion to refer the Ruhr and Reparations to the League of Nations. Neither of these suggestions are feasible until the opposing sides come together prepared to negotiate. In the meantime peace in Europe is a fast fading vision...