Word: righteous
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...until we had banks and a banking-credit problem and, arguing from precedent, it may not be until we abolish all banking and return to the Middle Ages that the business cycle can be also eliminated. This is just what the Socialists propose, and after President Puelicher's righteous abuse of them, it is curious to find him indulging in their mental vagaries...
...however, is not the sort of a man to lose sight of his country's interests in a storm of sentimentality about the' Entente Cordiale. He recognizes that the Entente is a necessity for both France and Britain, but Germany is nearer, and Germany owes France a righteous debt. Indications are not lacking that M. Poincare will endeavor to conciliate the British, but he will insist on a just and lasting settlement with Germany, which will give France adequate guarantees for payment of reparations and national security...
...speeches. A " Decclaration of Sentiments " was passed?an imitation of the Declaration of Independence?beginning: "That, being invested by the Creator with the same capabilities, and the same consciousness of responsibility for their exercise, it is demonstrably the right and duty of woman, equally with man, to promote every righteous cause...
...Mount case", which, briefly, is that of a student trampled to death in a college rush, buried secretly by his classmates, and discovered long afterwards by the authorities, has achieved a tremendous amount of undesirable publicity. It is an incident which justified the righteous anger of the Chicago editor, although it scarcely seemed to justify his conclusion that most college undergraduates were "gilded youth--fantastic, megaphonic, and acrobatic; full of false importance, and indifferent to the future...
...righteous outcry of our champions, while assuaging our wounded pride will hardly convince the obstinate Britain without actual proofs. Of course it will be difficult to single out the average pedestrian, the average taxi, the average subway train from each of the contesting cities; it will be difficult to select a tournament ground where like conditions of traffic exist. But where there is a will, there is a way. The difficulties must somehow be overcome for to continue in England's dust would be intolerable...