Word: resorted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...news of the Soviet naval and military bombings within Finnish territory has come as a profound shock to the Government and people of the United States. Despite efforts made to solve the dispute by peaceful methods to which no reasonable objection could be offered, one Power has chosen to resort to force of arms. . . . The people and Government of Finland have a long honorable and wholly peaceful record which has won for them the respect and warm regard of the people and the Government of the United States." Called his strongest statement denouncing the policy of conquest and his strongest...
...scrutiny of the U. S. Department of Justice. Said Mr. Schenck last week, replying to Willie Bioff's talk about a plot: "In the case of William Bioff, the producers . . . are not responsible directly or indirectly . . . for his present personal predicament. . . . They resent the imputation that they would resort to any such methods...
Prospective stock-takers puzzled by any or all of the show's 362 items could resort to a hefty catalogue by Alfred H. Barr Jr., the museum's director, whose running commentary under a great batch of reproductions served as a lecture tour through the galleries...
Passing is left to Fred Burr and Ted Harrison, two talented tossers. It is quite possible that Harvard will see more flying footballs than ever before this year, but they won't be too dangerous if the Elis have to resort to passing as a last-ditch measure. The Harlow aerial shelters have not received a real test since the Penn game and their strength is difficult to estimate. Cautious Yale did not fill the air with passes against Princeton, but these may be their only dangerous offensive gestures Saturday...
Security. "We shall have to . . . find means of reconciling the necessity of change in a constantly changing world with security against the disturbance of the general peace through resort to violence...