Word: revolt
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...conservative Democratic wing by Republican strategists in a practical coalition which could not merely harass Mr. Roosevelt's New Deal but stop it cold. The conception was a brilliant, deadly parallel to the late T. E. Lawrence's masterly guerilla tactics in the Arabian revolt in the desert...
...first acts of revolt naturally took place among the lowest of the populace. ... The FRENCH GUARDS UNANIMOUSLY joined the Citizens, and a set of more noble, orderly, and determined men I never saw. . . . Placards were publicly stuck up by well known persons, setting a price on the HEADS of the QUEEN, the COMTE D'ARTOIS, the POLIGNACS, and others. The guard, horse and foot, of Paris (the horse are a fine body), all joined us in the evening.... All the houses put out lights to prevent surprize, and the Citizens not on duty slept as tranquilly...
...rushed to the support of A. F. of L. with a blast warning Congress to amend the new law. The Workers Alliance, whose membership is largely dependent on WPA, jumped for joy on the sidelines, being for once the prospective beneficiaries, though not the authors, of a revolt in WPA. Violence grew. In Minneapolis a policeman was killed in a row between pickets and nonstriking WPAsters. As skilled unionists walked out, WPA projects came to a halt and unskilled workers were idle willy-nilly...
Foreign correspondents predicted the formation of three Italo-German commissions, military, political and economic, and foresaw that they would be dominated by Germans. Moreover, the two nations promised each other aid in case one was endangered by "national events." That provision could be taken as insurance against civil revolt in either country, but since little Italy could obviously not intervene to "Keep order" in the big German Reich, this provision will, if ever implemented, give the Reich the right under some circumstances to intervene in Italy. To those who have seen German troops, generals, diplomats and agents pouring into Italy...
...time a career that is remarkable in its contribution to learning. Dr. Lowes, apart from having gained invaluable experience in colleges throughout the country, has written many books on English Literature. His "The Road to Xanadu" is an analysis of Coleridge and his poetry, and "Convention and Revolt in Poetry" is another of his most significant works. Profession Lowes is one of the foremost authorities on Chancer and has written several works on the great fourteenth century poet...