Word: supportable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...support a union of miners, railwaymen, engineers, shipbuilders and transport workers...
Sometimes a by-election is important; but, when a Government such as Mr. Baldwin's has the support of 'an overwhelming vote in the House of Commons, a by-election rarely casts a shadow over the political world, and the man-in-the-street is left stone cold...
...left to him by his grandfather and that it was necessary that he should maintain himself in a style befitting his coming station in life. . But she thought that, if Sir Thomas could afford to rent a house for another woman, he could certainly afford to support his wife in comfort...
...make the picture still more extraordinary, three fourths of the people are Roman Catholics. The Government, which is predominantly anti-Catholic, cannot last without Catholic support and hence, while the Socialists are demanding a break in diplomatic relations, suppression of religious teaching and complete separation of Church and State, the Catholics, as the greatest political force, have to be mollified...
...signs in Peking were that the Chinese Government would do its best- and what that is remains to be seen-to restore quiet. How far the nationalistic students will support the central Government is another speculation which appears equally impossible to hazard. Said The New York Times: "When do Chinese students study...