Word: understood
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...What is to be understood by the term "armaments...
That the result can be understood as a vote of lack of confidence in the Coolidge faction which Senator Pepper represented is perhaps dubitable. Although the Secretary of the Treasury backed the Senator, Mr. Coolidge held off his official support until the last moment. The insurgent Republicans have never been strong in the Keystone State and whatever reaction exists can probably be interpreted as the traditional mid-term anti-administration threat...
...first point is readily understood. With proper organization, a few suggestions for which will be indicated below, the collection of the Budget should not require the work of a very great number of men. It would be carried out with much greater efficiency by a small body of actively interested men than by a huge committee of men which it would be difficult to direct. The restricted size of this committee will add to the honor involved in appointment...
...Laborite M. P.) remark pointedly: "I'm a Republican and I'd like to see the British throne abolished tomorrow!" Later two men were quietly arrested, convicted and sent to prison for having in their possession subversive literature which contained the statement: "The smiling Prince, it is understood, will be called out on strike by the Amalgamated Society of Foundation Stone Layers...
...obvious. There is a curious confusion in the meanings of the word "social" which leads to a more pernicious confusion of thought. The argument for the new admission ruling on the grounds that it has a foundation in social efficacy is perfectly defensible, if by the adjective is understood the necessity for the individual to possess those qualities of character which will enable him to meet the obligations imposed upon him by the group in which he lives. Any educational institution is in the ultimate analysis a collective enterprises. Thus it is only wise that the individuals chosen to contribute...