Word: solids
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Once matters are brought to the negotiation stage, it will not be solely a question of reparations and how they are to be paid. France has affirmed more than once that she wants solid guarantees against invasion by Germany. At Versailles the United States and Britain were to have made a treaty with her promising aid in the case of unprovoked attack by her Teuton neighbor. This treaty, as all the world knows, was never concluded, and France was left out in the cold to defend herself. She decided that the occupation of the Ruhr was the best...
...island of Heligoland, former fortified custodian of the Kiel Canal, is in the process of disintegration due to the constant explosions of dynamite under the direction of the French and British who for three years have been destroying the great fortifications implanted in solid rock by the Germans...
...Leacock's popularity has lasted longer than most. From Literary Lapses to My Discovery of England his books have been funny with a certain consistency. Canadian by birth, professor of political economy by profession, a raconteur who has only one equal in my experience [Irvin Cobb], he is a solid, jolly, gloom- defying gentleman. Ruddy of countenance, with hair slightly graying and usually rumpled, a bristly mustache, large shoulders and a stocky trunk, he talks positively and punctuates his conversation with loud and infectious laughter...
...extremely unlikely that Wilson will oppose McAdoo; the worst that the latter may expect will be friendly neutrality, and even then, he can be sure of Bryan's aid as long as he stays dry. Among the farmers anod working people. Bryan is strong, and the South is "solid" for McAdoo. A "dry" combination between these two, with McAdoo's name on the ballot, would be sure of staunch support...
...then proceeded to discuss the elements necessary for a successful design. Of these unity and character are of equal importance in producing the desired effect. In respect to the character of buildings Professor Haffner mentioned two modern types of architecture, the Gothic suggesting ideals and inspiration, and the solid type used in municipal buildings which gives an idea of utility and permanence...