Word: wilson
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...done with due regard to decency of speech, but when such a diversion goes beyond all limits of moderation, it then becomes the recreation only of the uncivil and low-minded. In Italy I remember having noticed on various occasions the name of the late President Woodrow Wilson ridiculed by university publications at a time when that name was most unpopular among the Italian students; but never was their language in any way discourteous or defamatory. I think, Mr. Editor, that for the sake of sane judgment, which is due to all men, including Mussolini, it would be will...
...create a means to this end. Those attempts were backed by, even fostered by, the American government. In fact the history of the Permanent Court of International Justice can be considered the history of America's own desire to share in the legislation of international affairs. Until Woodrow Wilson unsuccessfully attempted to give a country, reacting from a novel liason with European politics, a tangible and lasting connection with international affairs through the League covenants, the interest of the government at Washington in the creation of some kind of court was repeatedly evidenced. In truth, the survival of that expression...
...also appeared with such old-timers as Weber and Fields. He is perhaps best known for his acting as Edward in "The Pirates of Penzance." Ko-Ko, in the "Mikado" is another role that he has pearance has been made in "The Better "Ole" in 1918, and with Francis Wilson in "Ermine...
After reading this book, one wonders if William Allen White was not mistaken in his hero, if Woodrow Wilson's character and life were entirely devoid of anything good and true...
...easy to understand why Henry Cabot Lodge disagreed so violently with Mr. Wilson. That two men of such opposite temperaments and points of view should differ was only natural. But one did not expect from the pen of a man so well-educated and of such estimable social position as was the late senator the sustained innuendos and invectives that appear in this posthumous work. Instead of correcting the world's opinion of Woodrow Wilson's character, as he thought he was doing, Mr. Lodge has left a monument that will serve to lessen the world's appreciation of himself...