Word: whole
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Alas! His enemies succeeded. But now the fraud is apparent to the whole world. Easter is coming. But only in deepest sadness can we think of our German people, who are externally enslaved and indebted and internally at the same time enslaved and lifeless and?this is the sad dest part?want to be slaves...
...Jokers in the law will almost certainly prevent a 51% vote of "no"; but in that remote contingency new elections would be held, and so ad infinitum until Fascismo triumphs. There are no local constituencies under this mock electoral procedure. In U. S. terms this would mean that the whole nation would vote to elect or reject a Congressional candidate in, for example, Rhode Island or Arkansas. ? See page 329 of The Life of Benito Mussolini by Margherita G. Sarfatti (TIME...
...then the Senate began to talk about itself. Then did Senator Dill inquire about dictaphones. And another recalled that onetime Senator Thomas of Colorado al ways insisted upon having a secret session whenever he wished to get particularly wide publicity for a speech. And some Senators urged that the whole idea of secret sessions be judged ridiculous and abandoned. Never flippant, always putting the particular into the perspective of lofty principal, Senator Norris pontificated : "Public business should be transacted in public. Any other course, if followed to its logical conclusion, means the ultimate overthrow of every democracy in the world...
...appropriate facilities for the genial institution of "Change." This was a time-honored custom of the merchants to meet on the sidewalk of State Street at about 1 o'clock as they left their counting rooms, and talk shop, ships, and politics for half an hour or so. The whole first story of the ambitious new Coffee House was devoted to a great Exchange Floor, but this probably saw little business, for according to the contemporary account of Caleb Snow, the merchants preferred to follow in the way of their fathers, and meet more informally on State Street, "even...
...majority of those favoring the House Plan believe, a cross section of all types of student and fields of education. Although some House might get the reputation of being a History House by virtue of some prominent History tutor's residing there, the Houses on the whole should, and will without a doubt be made up on a diversified basis. All classes of students, all fields of study, will be united in one House, and it is the duty of the various tutors to invite, not only their tutees, but the tutees of their colleagues into their apartments for gatherings...