Word: statements
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have been profoundly disturbed this past fortnight by the pronouncement issued by Professor Bridgman at Harvard relative to the exchange of scientific information with totalitarian countries. . . . My apprehension has developed for two reasons. The first is that this statement may lead the general public to believe that such an attitude has been generally adopted by scientists . . . (and) secondly I feel that this manifesto represents in a way a rising tide of hatred and intolerance...
...Morrison, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, who speaks in the House of Commons for Admiral of the Fleet Lord.Chatfield, Minister for the Coordination of Defense, surprisingly agreed with Mr. Churchill and said significantly: "Once involved in war we could not proceed upon a principle of limited liability." That statement, M.P.s believed, meant that Britain would send another expeditionary force to France in case...
Later, Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax, whose righteous, candid attitude has earned him the nickname of "Lord Holy Facts." told the Lords that Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's statement of solidarity with France four weeks ago was made without "mental reservations of any kind." Lord Halifax reminded the Lords of one of the "most impressive" passages in Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf, in which the Führer berated old Imperial Germany for underrating British strength.* In an even plainer warning the Foreign Secretary referred to stop signs on British highways: "HALT! MAJOR ROAD AHEAD!" and implied that those...
...outfield of eternity, making shoestring catches of souls-a saint who has no following to speak of, no medals, no propaganda. There's nothing to recommend him, really, except the fact that to no other saint in the calendar did the Son of God make the witnessed statement: 'You fill the bill.' Which helps explain why those who do believe in Dismas believe...
...Either Green or Lewis must step out in the final settlement, and although no positive statement can be made as to which man is the more popular, it is doubtful if Green would risk his position before an open meeting of both the industrial and craft unions,' he concluded...