Word: standings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...defense of Guam, Republican Representative Maas of Minnesota cried: "We want the world to know that we intend to defend every inch of American soil anywhere, at any time, from anybody." Chairman May of the Military Affairs Committee joined in and shouted: "Americans must take their stand for or against this country. The American frontier is where the Stars & Stripes...
...blue-ribbon jury. Although Tom Dewey's first attempt at pinning Jimmy Hines had ended in a mistrial and given the defense a complete preview of his case, although his star witness. Numbers Racketeer George Weinberg, had committed suicide before he could be brought back to the stand, Tammanyman Hines and his counsel had seemed unable to press their advantage. Nevertheless, even confident Tom Dewey was pleasantly surprised when the jury returned less than seven hours after it went out. His smile broke into a relieved grin as to each of the 13 counts in the Hines indictments...
Jennie's pathetic, irritating, irrational and commonplace little rebellion is not merely an outbreak of Southern emotionalism. It is, rather, the last stand of her independence. All society, exemplified by aunts, veterans, parents and brothers, seems to be forcing her into a complicated ritual which has nothing to do with her relations with the doctor. As a result all the trappings-the flags, costumes, bridesmaids-seem as quaint and unreal as an anthropologist's description of some South Sea Islanders' marriage rite. Jennie surrenders, but only after she has discovered, by making eyes at the best...
...student body who favor the plan have at last, if not beaten, at least unmasked their opponents. It is now apparent that there is no official opposition to the associate membership plan other than that springing from certain of the House Masters; high college officials, reversing an earlier stand, are now backing the plan. Thus it is the Masters alone who still must be convinced that the disadvantages of the plan do not outweigh its obvious advantages...
...essential elements in our cultural tradition are political democracy, free inquiry, tolerance, and humanitarianism. They constitute a base on which all of us can stand together. If these values are important to us and if we fear their destruction, we must defend as well as assert them. It is possible we may fail, but we will have demonstrated a deeper adherence to the things we live by. Bernard Barber...