Word: supportable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...most vigorour lunge at the Catholic windmill will probably no more add to the gayety of the nation, than it will disrupt the minority party. For the Democrats, with the exception of some Senators, mostly southern, who remained away from the caucus yesterday, repudiated the Alabaman by unanimous support of his opponent Robinson. And if the fathers of this country are turning in their graves because a senator in Congress questioned the right of a man to be president because of religious belief, they may reflect that Hefflin is no typical senator, even if such heated squabbles in Congress over...
...present it is undeniably the procedure of the United States to support, in a civil conflict, the administration favorable to North American business. And however pragmatically sound this policy may be, it is not held to be morally defensible by its opponents here and abroad. To collect debts and alter governments by force of arms as the United States has regularly done is usually called imperialism, despite the assertions of Mr. Coolidge. It was the treatment of Nicaragua several decades ago that gave rise to the term "dollar diplomacy", and more recently the casual remark of a marine...
There is a general belief among folk whose faith is frail and timid, that a study of actual phenomena, a demand for evidence to support the hypothesis, precludes a belief in immortality. Such folk were surprised last week when Dr. William Darrach, dean of the faculty of medicine, speaking at Columbia University's annual commemoration service, said...
...have no proper qualms about neglecting it, the experience at Princeton should be a sufficient warning. The budget pledge system has proved a great convenience and a valuable immunity. It would be highly unfortunate if it were to be found impractical merely on account of insufficient cooperation in its support. In view of the experience at Princeton it would seem that the Harvard Student Council in its recent appeals is doing more than cry "Wolf...
Inasmuch as most of the support for the University and Freshman teams comes from the Harvard Polo Association, whatever help it decides to give will be of great use to the teams. At the present time the squads have to be cut very stringently, because of the lack of suitable mounts for the players...