Word: supporting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...inadvertence was "The March of TIME's" use of the word "henchman," defined by Webster's New International Dictionary as: "A political follower giving active support; especially one whose support is chiefly a matter of personal advantage...
Last week New York's Governor Herbert H. Lehman announced that, in the course of his conference on Crime, the Criminal & Society at Albany next week, he would appeal by radio for the support of the State's schoolchildren. If he should wish to liven his speech by a few examples, the Governor could choose from the following items in last week's news...
Since Dr. Schuschnigg has been kept in power solely by the support of Italy, France and Britain, the story seemed plausible to such Austrians as managed to read it before police snatched all copies of Dr. Benes' paper off Vienna newsstands. For nearly three years Austrian statesmen have been so sure that Austrians would go Nazi if permitted to vote that the Austrian Government has suppressed all democratic suffrage, constituted what pious Chancellor Schuschnigg likes to think of as a Christian Dictatorship...
...former years, it has been the practice of the University to contribute $1,000 to the general fund but it is felt that such an expense is unjustified in a year when it has been found necessary to withdraw support from some of this regular athletic program. Hoping to obtain the money through the graduates, the H. A. A. decided to make the appeal on the envelopes...
Several persons have wondered why the University would support the games when there is a chance of possible discrimination but Bingham feels that the promise by Hitler to the American committee is a sufficient safeguard. Another reason is that the International amateur Athletic Federation awards the games to cities rather than countries and so the Chancellor would not hold direct control and all rules of competition must come from the Federation...