Word: rejecting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...assurance that the pending Democratic raids on the Treasury would be defeated by a Republican victory in November would no doubt have the effect of reviving all kinds of business. An early and timely word from the Democratic candidate for President that he would reject the proposal to pay the Bonus would have been a great encouragement to business, reduced unemployment and guaranteed the integrity of the national credit. While he remained silent economic recovery was measurably impeded...
Perhaps the enervating climate of the Caribbean is sapping the morale of the Marines. At any rate Haiti recently dared to reject a new financial treaty with the United States. About a decade ago, they refused to allow foreigners to own land in Haiti. Immediately their assembly was dissolved, a new constitution was drafted by Wall Street, and a remarkable plebiscite was conducted by the Marines, in which there were less than three hundred dissenting votes in a total of sixty-three thousand. Since then beautiful roads have been built by forced labor; finances have been stabilized by American officeholders...
...general election must come soon in England. Whether the outcome will fulfill Henderson's prophecies of evil for Labor is doubtful. In view of the general swing to the right, it is quite possible that the English people will decisively reject socialism as a panacea for its ills, in which case the defeated can console themselves with the assurance that their time will come...
...some unified philosophy of his own. It is up to him to decide how much the traditional humanistic ways of thought and how much the newer techniques of science will supply grist for his philosophical mill. That he finds one more palatable than another need not force him to reject either entirely...
After turning Louisiana over to Governor Allen, Senator Long was again delayed in getting on the national stump. Senator-reject Broussard had started a court contest against his successful opponent. Huey Long, smart lawyer who took a three-year course at Tulane in one, decided to postpone his departure until after the court hearing Oct. 5. Then, he said, he would "tell 'em plenty...