Word: supportable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...under obligations to Mr. Anderson, who is running on the Independent ticket. I believe him to be honest, sincere and capable. I have a personal affection for him and perhaps I am doing him an injustice when I ask you to support Senator Walsh. But the defeat of Senator Walsh in this campaign would be looked upon by the country at large as a repudiation of the magnificent fight against corruption in the Capitol at Washington...
...should be an ingrate if I did not stand by him and I am here to do it. I ask you to vote for him because he deserves your support...
...modern civilization. The immensity and importance of the great literature of the ancient world might well be painted in vivid phrases. Finally, an explanation of the reason why English translations of Greek and Latin authors are unsatisfactory would be wholly relevant to the discussion. There are many arguments to support such statements, the classics are quite capable of standing on their own feet...
...Labor government in England is down; but in the words of that champion of the fallen. Evangeline Booth, not yet out. Premier Ramsay MacDonald is to seek dissolution of Parliament to carry his appeal for support over the heads of that body to the voters of the kingdom...
...unpolitic to dub as traitor those earnest men and women who are looking for a better way to settle disputes than by war. They represent constructive effort, as opposed to the destructiveness of the militarists, and they have the sympathy, if not the active support of most of the country. The power and impressiveness of the military is passing, and nothing makes this more obvious than the bombastic utterances of its proponents...