Word: seem
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Session. Shortly after the flood waters began to recede, the suggestion was made that Congress should call a special session to consider flood relief. This idea apparently did not,appeal to the President and inasmuch as only the President could put it into effect, prospects for a special session seemed remote. Last week Senators Smoot and Harrison (see TAXATION) joined in a special session call, but the Utah senator seemed primarily and the Mississippi senator considerably interested in the matter of tax reduction rather than in the matter of flood relief. With Mr. Coolidge, as far as is known, still...
Although such a program may seem utterly "red" and "radical" to U. S. eyes, it is quite daringly "conservative" when viewed at Moscow from the standpoint of such fiery Opposition leaders as Messrs. Gregory Zinoviev and Leon Trotzky. These gentry proclaim with sincerity and zeal the necessity of at once throwing the whole might of Soviet Russia behind the Chinese revolution. Indeed M. Zinoviev goes even further and demands that every possible effort be made to launch "The World Revolution of the World Proletariat...
Since statements of this kind seem to be of value in keeping Dictator Stalin in power, and since he is the most "conservative" leader in Russia at present, this picturing of Britain as a frightful Boojum seemed unfortunate rather than alarming...
...There does not seem to be any great revolt of organized labor against the religious organizations. The church membership is fairly representative of society as a whole...
...Lewis articles gained wide notice in the U. S. Editors-envied the Evening Post its coup. Foreign correspondents outwardly echoed the sentiments of the Evening Post's Miss Thompson in Berlin, who said to Super-Reporter Lewis with mock grudging: "I guess it's all right, but it does seem a rather long way of saying, as I could, 'Flew to Vienna. Quiet...