Word: wanes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Significant fact about the primary was that none of the candidates was Long-backed, all attacking or refusing affiliation with the Kingfish now that his influence as Louisiana boss is on the wane...
...sorry for Mr. Baldwin; for the man is obviously sincere in his plea for the maintenance of traditional forms; and there can be but little doubt that it is a losing battle that he is waging. The forces of democracy and constitutionalism are very plainly on the wane in every country in the world. It is a vast movement that swings away from an ideal that has dominated European life since the Council of Constance, the idea of liberty as the most worthwhile and important goal toward which mankind should struggle. Only temporarily interrupted by the triumph of the forces...
...basis of reciprocal agreements with other nations. The immediate importance of this request is whether or not it will cause dissension among the leaders in Congress. The Democratic Party has long favored a reduction of the tariff, and, although their agitation for lower schedules has been on the wane, it is extremely doubtful that any increase would be tolerated. The Senate, moreover, has been rather balky for the last few weeks, and has passed a bill restoring veteran's pensions and salaries to the government officials in spite of a threatened veto. If there is any power of which...
Previous to this year the Harvard Liberal club appeared to be definitely on the wane, but a merger last fall between the old Liberal and Socialist Clubs and their reappearance under a new management as the present Liberal Club injected fresh life into the liberal movement. The union however, was not an unqualified success, for many of the activities of the Club have either been inane or such as to arouse general antagonism, as the Armistice Day demonstration...
Concerning the farm situation, Mr. Bliven said, "The strikes amount to very little, the strikers are a minority, and the strikes as a whole are on the wane. They have been caused mostly by populist agitation taking advantage of the desperate condition of the farmer." Mr. Bliven also brought up the monstrosity of plowing under perfectly good crops when twenty-five million people are starving, and said that the farmer clearly realizes this...