Word: vitale
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...kingdom down," he has at least qualified as one of those "movers and shakers" of whom O'Shaughnessy sings. Since the publication of his recent article in the Advocate, there has been a flood of discussion and criticism which has served the useful purpose of bringing some very vital questions into the public eye. Mr. Wesson is the latest to enter the controversial lists with a short essay in the current Gad-Fly, aiming to show that there are four distinct groups at Harvard and not two as Mr. Lamont argued...
...hands of the French, and every bit of capital which the weak German government can tax out of its people must be handed over to France for reparations. The crux of the whole matter is the impossible size of the reparations bill. France has refused to allow this vital matter to be touched because thirty-three billions of dollars means to her security, her only security. Little of real value can be done until this bill is radically scaled down and Germany given a moratorium for recuperation...
...employer for giving him employment and to depend on his future state for substantial rewards for a life of service. Now he realizes that the labor which the worker gives is equal in value to the employment which he receives. This throwing aside of the submissive spirit has been vital to the perpetuation of democracy. We must not forget that a country's greatness lies not in its trade balances, its gold reserve, or its commercial prosperity, but above and beyond all these in its men, women, and children. Our trade unions, in striving for the welfare of the common...
Lord Birkenhead, ex-Lord High Chancellor, in a speech at the Constitutional Club in London, backed up the Government. Said he: " The Free Trade system had wholly failed to equip the Government with many instruments which were absolutely vital for the purpose of conducting the War. When the War broke out, under the shelter of tariffs, those who were menacing this Empire with destruction had equipped themselves with weapons available and adequate for our destruction, while we were left almost helpless for defensive purposes...
...reply Signer Mussolini said: " When Italy last September heard of your movement we realized that, though different in method, our two revolutions had the same finalities. We both wished to free the vital forces of our peoples from disastrous influences of impossible political doctrines and of men incapable of assuming difficult responsibilities of command...