Word: supportable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...some quarters it is believed that their withdrawal from Morocco will ease the situation and make French and Spanish success easier. It was even hinted that the Mannesmanns had been in some way connected with the mysterious support of Abd-el-Krim with money and arms. Indian and Egyptian Moslems are supposed to have contributed and there was one report that a submarine of unknown nationality delivered 28,000,000 pesetas to Abd-el-Krim...
...political situation in France depends in no small degree on the result of the Moroccan operations. The French socialists declared in a meeting that they would support the Painleve Government only in measures they favored. If the campaign should not go well, the Government faces a crisis...
...effect: "You have a loan of $60,000 from a Kansas City bank. It's due pretty soon. You think it's going to be renewed. It isn't. Get ready to meet it." Magee had only $25,000. He appealed to his readers for support and within 20 days, when the note fell due he had the money. Some of them brought the money to his office so the New Mexico politicians could not find out who had furnished it. The same thing happened again. Later Magee had to sell the Morning Journal for financial reasons...
...true that faith transcends reason, then no theosophical disputation conducted by a believer can be intellectually honest. At some points reason will fall back for support upon faith. Here, these points are many and marked. Yet, within the confines of his citadel, Father Gillan moves always in the open. He is wide-read. He is honest. He is witty. It is with great good humor that he takes the measure of Shaw's "automatic and mechanical perverseness," with true Christian charity that he pities Mark Twain's incurable despondency and Nietzsche's insane courage. He is hygienically...
...reasons were put forward to support this proposal: 1) Weather conditions are more favorable in San Diego; 2) the dirigibles need a Western base if they are to cooperate efficiently with the Pacific Fleet. Objectors pointed out: 1) That the Secretaries of the Navy do not create naval bases; 2) that Congress, having authorized the expenditure of $10,000,000 to build the Lakehurst hangars, may be reluctant to spend as much more to build new ones in San Diego; 3) that things other than weather affect the location of airports; if dirigibles have a military value, they are needed...