Word: truths
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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That is a spicy news item, but it is not TRUTH...
...criticized for telling the truth by these two Senators? Is it because of demands made upon them by Catholic constituents? Is it because of a presidential ambition on the part of one? What is it in this thing that prompts two Senators to stand up here and insult the Protestant people of America by attacking a Protestant Senator for daring to tell the truth about the efforts of a Catholic organization to involve our country in a foreign war? . . . I have no apology to make to the Senator from Missouri, and I do not fear in the least the thrusts...
...sober truth that word and a few others fired the huge unarmed mob which forced the British to evacuate their $60,000,000 concession at Hankow (TIME, Jan. 17). Last week the world waited to see if the Chinese, a medley of tribes, had learned the white man's lessons well enough to stand together and force him from his $1,000,000,000 concessions at Shanghai...
...Germany, which, says legend, was plagued with rats in 1284. A strange piper in motley lured the beasts into the Weser where they drowned. Thinking him a sorcerer, the citizens refused him his pay, whereupon he piped the children of Hameln all away, "into a mountain." Possible basis of truth: the 13th Century Children's Crusade...
...question discussed, the tone in which the facts were presented precludes any possibility of their truth. At any rate, no similar complaints have been made public through the regular channels such as the officials and football conferences. Individuals sometimes play illegal football in the heat of excitement, but it is impossible to believe that a Princeton coach would go so far as to have his whole team use the methods listed. The great advanced notices given Mr. Hubbard's article suggest that it is another publicity stunt and so by now he is doubtless more than satisfied...