Word: ruine
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...photo-engraving business in San Francisco who told me that District Attorney Charles Fickert came to him and wanted him to change the time on the clock, as it was shown in the picture. The man refused. I asked him to testify for me, but he said that would ruin his business...
...European diplomacy since 1919 has brought collective security to ruin," Professor Langer concluded. "Right is still on the side of the strongest...
...mind. What is the future of the new balance of power for which Chamberlain is striving in Europe? After three hundred years of failure, can England, France, Germany, and Italy find a magic formula to keep the peace? Or will their efforts end like all the rest--in the ruin of another catastrophic...
...that the time was not ripe for special maritime labor legislation (see p. 13). Without mentioning the Secretary by name, Mr. Kennedy observed sarcastically: "I submit that if the maritime industry is not 'ripe' for conciliation and mediation of its labor disputes, then it is overripe for ruin." At one point Mr. Kennedy was so steamed up that Senator Copeland cautioned: "As chairman of this committee I welcome your fury, Joe, but as a doctor I must tell you it isn't doing your stomach ulcer any good...
...imprisoned, hunted as a spy, nearly killed. When Jerusalem was laid waste, his last request -that he be allowed to follow the children of Israel into captivity-was refused, and Jeremiah wandered alone through the burning city, into the desecrated Temple, until he found in the terrible ruin the assurance he could not find in its days of glory...