Word: supportable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...social circles. To earn a living, he proclaimed himself a Pole, applied for U. S. citizenship, accepted the Presidency of the Polish-American Navigation Co., which had a claim* against the U. S. Government. The Shipping Board refused the claim. But the Company had 30,000 stockholders and the support of 4,000,000 Poles throughout the U. S. The Count, their champion, got 25 Harding administration Senators to back his claim. With their signatures, he admonished the Shipping Board to deal justly, not legalistically. The Board would not relent. The Count appealed...
Philosophical bodies in England, France, Germany, and Italy have already pledged their support and promised to attend. The languages of these countries will be considered as the official tongues for the Congress but it is expected that many more will be heard. Every effort will be made to urge the attendance of representatives from every country in the world which could possibly send a delegation...
...seems more probable, bootleggers are to be converted to Christianity, the movement deserves the hearty support of the entire country. Who does not pity the rum runner, tossing in his ship upon the fretful sea and longing for a Bible to solace his lonely hours? And what of the house-to-house pedlar, is he to have no bundle of holy trac's to protect his vitals from the bullets of the revenue officers? These men deserve all the pity they can get, for they are strangers in their native land, pursued relentlessly, and now and then successfully...
When King Victor heard that a mutilatto,*wished to see him he granted the audience at once. In the Royal presence, Piroli's legs declined to support him and the King, sensing his predicament, invited the maimed soldier to sit beside...
...always got it. Last November, the Republicans (reputed to be led by the Ku Klux Klan), swept the state. But Lindsey held his seat by 117 votes. A recount was demanded. Last week, he appeared to be slipping. Meanwhile, appeals have gone through the Nation for financial and moral support. Some of the old enthusiasm for Mr. Judge has been revived. His gallant personal story has been retold?how he started in a real-estate office in Denver at $10 month to support a widowed mother and her younger children, how his early law studies so discouraged him by their...