Word: tools
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...house, when it was building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor ax nor any tool of iron heard in the house while it was in buildinq."-1 Kings...
...Supreme Court, whose liberal interpretation of the Clayton Act went far to dissipate hostile propaganda of the last campaign, is to have another chance to prove that it is not the tool of conservative standpatters. The relation between the Syndicalist Law of Michigan and the amendments of the constitution which guarantee freedom of speech must be determined by the appeal of Ruthenberg from the Michigan courts. Ruthenberg, secretary of the Workers' Party and a prominent Communist, has been, at intervals, the subject of prosecution by government attorneys. At last he is allowed to appeal to the supreme judicial body...
...American concerns grew slowly throughout the nineteenth century, and after the triumphant Spanish War and the building of the Panama Canal, its influence became all powerful, and all important. American business men controlled the economic life, American adventurers sought their future in these undeveloped countries. Politics have been the tool of American business. The natural growth of a strong economic and political life rising out of the natural abilities of these peoples has been thwarted by unreflecting, but none the less poisoning imperialism...
...Senator Watson, whose enemies call him "Administration tool," retired from the Chairmanship because he did not believe in continuing the investigation. Senator Couzens is not regarded as being friendly to the Administrator *James Hamilton Lewis is "the U. S. political beau." Spats, pink waistcoats, purple handkerchiefs, whiskers of scarlet hue he wears with infinite variety. In his fighting days, he would go to the toughest wards of Chicago, dressed in his gayest, huge flower in his lapel, fat and fragrant cigar in his mouth. His audacity melted the hearts of the toughs- and toughs vote with their hearts...
Professor Gay, who was formerly Dean of the School of Business Administration, spoke on three main points: morals, health, and studies. He stressed the importance of Latin, declaring that he had found it a most useful tool, in spite of the often repeated statement that it is a dead language...