Word: topic
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...repeat that these matters must not be permitted to divert the attention of the public from the vital questions now before them. I venture, therefore, to express the hope that the nominee of the Republican Party will see fit by some explicit declaration to join in entirely removing this topic from the field of political debate...
...when the human body was not thought a wholly fitting topic for conversation, a day when athletes "trained" on beer and cigars, young Sargent dared announce that no two physiques have the same flaws, that each should be made the object of close scrutiny and the subject of carefully calculated exercises. To him it was obvious that running a mile or otherwise expending energy wholesale, would not strengthen a weak neck or flabby arms so fast as studied exertion of the neck muscles or of the biceps. He invented ingenious strength and endurance tests, opened a gymnasium in Manhattan...
...when the human body was not thought a fitting topic for conversation...
...question of the gold standard is more than merely an abstract topic for economists to debate. It vitally concerns the western silvermine owners, who have been far from backward in the past in "protecting their interests" in Washington. In 1896 many silver miners supported Bryan, not because they really feared mankind was being crucified on a cross of gold, but because his doctrines meant increased sales of the white metal...
...under the banner of Edward B. McLean. In his new capacity as "editorial director" (TiME, June 2) of The Washington Post, he filled four large columns with the product of his pen-a product not so virulent as it was four years ago, but not without piquancy. His chief topic was the Japanese exclusion feature of the Immigration Act. Said he: "Responsibility for the faux pas that played hob with the pleasant relationship with Japan and the United States rests in about equal proportions upon the Secretary of State, the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate...