Word: supportable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that this and the multitude of similar references to God, to prayer, and to Divine Providence, together with his interest in the Church, were all mere matters of political policy, is to attribute to Washington a monumental insincerity which is unbelievable in the absence of any real evidence to support that view of his behavior...
...late Lord Northcliffe, challenged by Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin to declare himself either for or against the Conservative Party, replied last week by coming out in The Weekly Dispatch in favor of ex-Prime Minister David Lloyd George. Thus has the great British newspaper magnate shifted his support from the Conservative to the Liberal Party...
...establish a precedent for building theatres in nontheatrical districts, keep business houses open at night. The Committee awaits Mr. Morgan's return from Europe. Whether or not the new house will be ready next year is now a matter of conjecture. Whether or not the Company can retain the support of Mr. Kahn in spite of continuous opposition from some of its directors is just as problematical...
...college the Amherst president has taken a well-defined stand. Harvard determined the members of the class of 1931 in the recognition that the cumulative weight of scholastic attainment was not the only one to be placed in the scales of decision. This pioneer action has proven a practical support of the belief of President Pease that "the guardians of a privately endowed college will, I believe, be more faithful to their trust and better conservators of the money given by its donors if they provide for the merciful exclusion, or even the rigorous elimination, of those obviously unfitted...
...Edward Steichen, Manhattan photographer and artist. Denied duty-free admission as a work of art, it had been subjected to a tax of $229.35, more than a third of what Purchaser Steichen had paid for it. Appealing the decision, Purchaser Steichen appeared in court accompanied by experts who would support his claim that the bright enigma was a work...