Word: stirs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Actually, only Senator Clark made any noticeable effort to stir up scandal. Committee Counsel Raushenbush, far from being a bitter prosecutor like Ferdinand Pecora, was obviously making no effort to send his witnesses to jail, had no belief that the men before him were villains, aimed at no more than to show that war trade and war finance are a danger to peace. Chairman Nye, too, was content with building up a ponderous record which might be used to prove that: 1) In time of foreign war the U. S. should not trade with or finance belligerents; 2) There should...
Only troubles with this advertisement were that no arms were being exhibited for sale at the Old Manchu Arsenal, and that there were no such persons as Romulus & Remus, Auctioneers. Editor Woodhead was merely trying in his own resourceful way to stir up as much Chinese rumpus as possible and prevent some Italians from disposing secretly of a much smaller quantity of smuggled arms. Straightforward editorials in his best British vein had failed to get results. Therefore Editor Woodhead touched off his fake advertisement with volcanic results, as droves of Chinese police rushed about looking...
This short of huge vote-getting subsidy is much more dangerous than straight, under-cover bribery. When Rhode Island votes were bought and sold at $1 a head, Lincoln Stiffens could stir the most tremendous and universal indignation by "exposing" the fact. But now the politician has a perfect weapon; he deals with larger sums of money, and it not only does not break the law, it is the law. Any accusation that a President has been buying votes of Youth, Age, and Farmers, pumped huge sums into Kentucky and Maine just before elections, meets only with the most tremendous...
Peter B. Olney '37, who captained the Freshmen in his first year, succeeded in snatching the 155-pound bout from Richard F. Baum '37. Undefeated in his Freshman year, Baum will stir things up in a special match tomorrow night...
...mile up a spur of Pine Mountain, had the privilege of catching a glimpse through the trees of a little colonial house 100 yards down the slope. The fact that the little house is ordinarily the home of Chief Surgeon Michael ("Mike") Hoke of Warm Springs Foundation did not stir the tourists in the least. They were there because Dr. Hoke had moved out temporarily and turned his home over to its owner, Franklin Roosevelt, to use as the Little White House...