Word: splitting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...That far from being heedless, he had determined that the time had come to split his party, to purge it deliberately of its conservative elements, so that henceforward the New Dealers could close their ranks and perform their evolutions unimpeded by the presence of old-fashioned Democrats...
...might be a political good fortune for the President, not only giving him the opportunity to appoint anyone he wished to the Supreme Court instead of Senator Robinson who had a virtual claim on the one existing vacancy, but also because dropping the Court fight might prevent a permanent split in the party. The speech of Hatton Sumners, which the House had so vigorously applauded, was full of such sentiments...
...immediately but accusing others of not observing a decent mourning period, a good deal of Congressional blood boiled. It was not cooled by what Senators took to be an oblique effort to boost Senator Barkley as Senator Robinson's successor (see col. 2). Instead of healing, the Democratic split widened sorely. The death of Robinson had become not only a grief, but a turning point in politics. Only for Robinson did it mean an end of strife...
...Having split into a number of sections charged with preparing reports for general discussion, the assembled churchmen trooped off to committee meetings from which accumulated steam soon began to escape. Rugged-faced Reinhold Niebuhr threw his prepared speeches aside to declare: "If the millions who have drifted away from the Church may be classed collectively as the prodigal son, the church may be pictured in the guise of an elder brother who has antagonized...
...British tennists. This year, with England's Fred Perry turned professional, experts figured that the Davis Cup final would really be the interzone matches between the U. S. and Germany. Soon as the draw was announced last week, experts alsc knew that the U. S. and Germany would split the first two matches-U. S. No. i Donald Budge trouncing Henner Ernst Otto Henkel, and German No. i Baron Gottfried von Cramm trouncing Bryan ("Bitsy") Grant. The opening matches turned out just so and the one doubles match became pivotal. Paired as always with husky Gene Mako, Budge...