Word: sakes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...notice on p. 22 of the Sept. 24 issue of TIME the following quotation was attributed to me, referring to the riots in the State of Rhode Island: "I think I can control the situation but for God's sake tell the Legislature to do something. We need Federal troops...
...this wild report seems to be only a flimsy excuse and perhaps the last faint touches of a sake hangover. The disconcerting presence of geisha girls seems to find a good deal of favor when one asks the why and wherefore. After all, Americans are not too numerous in Japan and the prospect of spending a pleasant few hours with a bunch of Harvard ball-players must have made many a comely Japanese maiden forget her afternoon prayers...
...seem ungracious of me to cavil at your interesting notes on the election of General Evangeline Booth [TIME, Sept. 10], for I know full well that TIME has a warm corner in its editorial heart for The Salvation Army. But for the sake of the record let me point out that, far from being "the implacable foe of General No. 3, Edward John Higgins," Evangeline Booth has shown by her actions of the last five years that General Higgins has no more sincere friend and loyal supporter than the General-elect...
...lined up behind the Governor, his own partymen against him. The Republican leader of the Senate said he had received the following message from Brig.-General Herbert R. Dean, commander of the State's National Guard: "I think I can control the situation but for God's sake tell the Legislature to do something. We need Federal troops...
Answered the Democratic leader of the Senate: "Don't call in the regular army! Don't militarize Rhode Island for the sake of the selfish interests of a small group of mill-owners! If you want to stop the trouble, stop it at its source, the mills, which are a cancer in this body politic...