Word: withdraw
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...cutaway to a well-worn coat, settled down to the life of a small-town editor that he had known from his 18th year. Newton Diehl Baker, Secretary of War (1916-21), that short, slim, dark man whom Democrats call the "fighting pacifist" is too good a speaker to withdraw from the public rostrum, but his efforts were concentrated on earning fat legal fees from Cleveland industrialists. Thomas Watt Gregory, Attorney General (1914-19), prosecutor of trusts, had resigned two years before the end came. He returned to Texas; legal fees consoled...
West Virginians are getting what they want, always-national advertising. ... It is to be hoped that Mr. Otis will, after he has cooled off, withdraw' his-"Kindly cancel my subscription. I have never seen anything in print quite so foul as the Zweiger letter you so proudly display...
...this continues, I shall feel called upon to withdraw my subscription for patriotic reasons. I hope, however, it will not be repeated. All we want is absolute fairness on this issue...
...Senate showed hostility. When the long session adjourned, the President gave him a recess appointment. In the short session the President repeated this performance and last week presented Mr. Tilson with a second recess appointment. Senators were vexed. Said Senator Harris of Georgia: "If he [the President] can withdraw appointments from confirmation and make recess appointments without limit, he can virtually deprive the Senate of its right to confirm or reject. It seems that an evasion of the Constitution is tantamount to an infraction...
...whom you invite to your QUIZZ party is afflicted with St. Vitus dance. Perhaps he or she is sensitive about it. Perhaps one of the questions in the eight games above listed: "What dance is named after a saint?" Under these circumstances, it would be tactful of you to withdraw the St. Vitus question and substitute one of the following questions in its place. Be tactful. Hand the QUIZZER an advance list of your guests and let him,, prudent, "check" the questions against this guest-list and make substitutions. Here are some substitute or "reserve" questions...