Word: supportable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...right to vote on the basis of time of residence was reviewed twice in Massachusetts superior courts. In 1843 it was set down that a student who had a permanent residence elsewhere could not vote in Cambridge unless "he depend on his own property income, or industry for his support...
...idea of secession was carried further by a group calling themselves "the Harvard Secessionist Society" which claimed 400 members pledged to the support of Toomey's proposal...
PRAGUE--The Czechoslovak government, claiming a diplomatic victory over Hungary with Chancellor Adolf Hitler's support, today reported fighting between Czech and Hungarian soldiers in Slovakia province following an invasion of Czech soil. The new clash between Czech and Hungarian soldiers followed announcement that the two nations will resume negotiations immediately for settlement of Hungary's territorial demands...
Replying to charges in the local press that universities were "hotbeds of Communism" and that by implication, through his support of Loyalist Spain, he himself was a Communist, Kirtley F. Mather, professor of Geology, last night branded these statements as "the universal trick of all people trying to sway public opinion...
Secondly, few of these politicians are sincere in their professed support. They make their vague promises only with the comfortable assurance that these will not actually materialize. This was amply shown by the enthusiasm of Oregon Republicans for nation-wide Townsend legislation, their bitter opposition to a state-wide Townsend scheme which faced imminent passage...