Word: suspicions
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...PAUL BONCOUR: "I have no suspicion that the Premier aspires to dictatorship-his twofold tradition as a lawyer and republican makes such a suggestion ridiculous. And if he was not bound by diplomatic reserve I believe he himself would censure those carnival Caesars who rule over neighboring States. But I would remind the Premier that no regime can ever be defended which yields on principle...
...England. Sometimes subsidies are given direct. More often journalists have secretly been in receipt of money in return for their supposed influence. The system has been long established and perfectly familiar, but is none the less utterly reprehensible. There is no excuse for it. It brings journalism under suspicion and reproach. It will be a happy day for Continental Europe when it can point to newspapers that are self-supporting and independent and known by all to have opinions that cannot be bought...
...open to the accusation of venality They stand on their own feet. They freely determine their own policy. Vague and unthinking complaints about a "commercialized press" fail to notice that newspapers able to live on their own income have the great moral advantage of being free from even the suspicion of venality. By comparison with the subsidized or bribed press too common in Continental Europe the "commercialized" American press has a good deal to be thankful for. N. Y. Times...
From many parts of Europe come reports of the unearthing of original paintings of old masters. The public is skeptical. Wherefore, France and the world of science contributed last week a new practical test for the discovery of fakes. Ultraviolet rays and colored lights thrown upon the paintings under suspicion show, when photographed, the method of brush-work and the exact kind of pigment used by the artist...
...national defense; it may turn out that the graft which the layman has come to expect in public administration was even less malignant than usual. But the affair has been an excuse for setting off all the fireworks of party animosity, of corrosive personal attacks and of bitter Congressional suspicion...