Word: supportable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...opposition vote did not show the extent of the crisis. About 100 M. P.s who normally support the Government abstained from voting. Among them were Anthony Eden himself, Lord Cranborne (Eden's undersecretary who resigned with him) and Eden's prominent Conservative supporter, Winston Churchill. The Cabinet was finally upheld by a safe margin...
This did not mean that Chautemps can count on such overwhelming support in future, did not mean that the Chamber will finally ratify a Pact when negotiated. It did mean that France-feeling herself challenged by Hitler & Mussolini-had reacted with a great surge of national unity to the idea that her diplomats ("the cleverest in the world") should match their wits with Britain, Italy, Germany...
...Fight, if necessary to give Czechoslovakia the support against an aggressor (support pledged by her treaty of alliance with France) but only if asked for such aid by Czechoslovakia...
There were elements of ambiguity in this forceful program, but it was the most clean-cut which France has achieved since the resurgence of German strength and weakening of Italian support of Austria...
...those dictators at least retained the form of a secret, written ballot. Last week Europe's newest dictator, Carol von Hohenzollorn, "royal dictator" of Rumania, supplied the newest twist to the technique. He sent his 4,000,000-odd voters to the polls to register orally their support of his three-week-old regime. Names of those voting against the Government were recorded by election managers. When the tabulations were in, only 5,413 had dared say "No," 4,283,395 had spouted...