Word: whit
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...ever grow. And without understanding no solution of international problems is possible. MR. Hoover has shown himself an American, and it is as the embodiment of what is most truly American that he is recognized abroad. He has shown no sign of being a man who will abate one whit the just right of the United States to act, when it does act, in its own duly constituted way. But he also believes in the participation of America (not its dictatorship) in measures which offer at latest a chance of bringing stability to the world. His judgment and his sanity...
America is bored and disgusted by the interminable rhetoric of her Senators, but she is not one whit less insistent that we should join the league and do our share toward establishing and maintaining world peace. The issue has been made clear: either the United States must ratify and the league begin to function or a great race for armaments is inevitable...