Word: supportable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...appointed C. Bascomb Slemp as his Secretary to handle a number of political problems. He leaned on the arms of Secretaries Mellon and Hoover, but, when tax-reduction was proposed, he let Mr. Mellon float it as a trial balloon with tacit consent, before determining how strongly to support...
...should like to be poor like you," she said. All night, all night, when she was gone, Jonah wandered through the orchards of Zebulon, mad with happiness. In the morning, he sent his mother to ask for Judith's hand, went himself to find work that he might support a wife...
...last four years, the Palestine Foundation Fund lias collected $7,204,439 to finance the movement, of which 60% has come from America. True, the Jews of America are the richest Jews in the world, but the Jews of America are far from united in support of the Zionist cause. Henry Morgenthau, former ambassador to Turkey, is a direct opponent. Other prominent Jews, such as Justice Louis D. Brandeis and Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, while favorable to the movement, have not approved of the policy of the Foundation Fund, believing that the movement should be financed by private initiative rather...
...support of this argument that she cited Sir Gilbert's uncanny proficiency in thought reading. She believed that in most cases neither sight, sound, smell, taste nor touch had any influence in the remarkable experiments conducted...
Investigation has indicated that concerns selling lecture and reading notes are going out of business. Suits for infringements on copyrights and the seanty support of the students have contributed largely to the emigration of these flies in the Faculty's ointment. At present no notes other than translations can be obtained in Cambridge, whereas formerly all kinds were sold throughout the year...