Word: speeches
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...will be Commander-in-Chief Scout. He stepped out of doors one bright morning and, with Mrs. Hoover ("the greatest Girl Scout of all") at his elbow, scrutinized the regimental front of 46 scout troops, Boys and Girls. Charles A. Miller, chief adult Scout of Dade County, made a speech. Then Adult Scout John C. Norsk saluted and presented wee Scout Charles A. Miller Jr. Gravely the little fellow saluted Mr. Hoover, drew himself up on tiptoe. Still he was too short, so Mr. Hoover bent down within reach of his shaky fingers, which fastened the gold fleur...
...great as ever. But the Hoover heart beats in sincere, if muffled, sympathy with Southern white men. His instinct is to heed their wishes. He knows the sting of the "nigger lover" cry, which was raised bitterly albeit futilely against him in the campaign. In his Elizabethton, Tenn., speech, he said, by way of promise: "I believe . . . that appointive offices must be filled by those who deserve the confidence and respect of the communities they serve...
...Stefan Raditch's successor as leader of the Croats is Dr. Vladko Matchek. Last week he strove grimly and discreetly to persuade General Zivkovitch not to sup press freedom of speech and assembly utterly in Croatia. Curiously enough, Dr. Matchek favored the dictature when it was first proclaimed, but last fortnight he said...
Science and the sanctity of free speech were much discussed in Europe. Voltaire and Diderot had not written in vain. In England, Newman and Manning, hearing irreverences in the free speech, started the Oxford movement, which was simply a revitalized literal belief in such credos as the 39 Articles. Neither realized then that they had taken one of the many roads to Rome...
...then the Senate began to talk about itself. Then did Senator Dill inquire about dictaphones. And another recalled that onetime Senator Thomas of Colorado al ways insisted upon having a secret session whenever he wished to get particularly wide publicity for a speech. And some Senators urged that the whole idea of secret sessions be judged ridiculous and abandoned. Never flippant, always putting the particular into the perspective of lofty principal, Senator Norris pontificated : "Public business should be transacted in public. Any other course, if followed to its logical conclusion, means the ultimate overthrow of every democracy in the world...