Word: withhold
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Paris. At Paris the scenes were more exciting. Deputies filed into the Chamber to give or withhold a vote of confidence to "the Government on its Moroccan policy. The galleries were crammed full, a notable onlooker being U. S. Ambassador Myron T. Herrick...
Specifically, his point was that the omission of a comma in a long sentence in the Land Grant Act of 1870 enabled the Northern Pacific R. R. Co. to withhold land from settlers longer than had been intended by Congress. To support his argument, Mr. McGowan produced a letter giving a grammatical analysis of the disputed sentence, signed by Tucker Brooke (ex-Rhodes Scholar and Editor of The American Oxonian), Secretary of the English Department at Yale, and Prof. George H. Nettleton, Chairman of the Department...
...speeches made, last week, by Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann, leader of the German Peo ple's or Industrialist Party, in Hindenburg's behalf, which removed all doubt on the attitude, not only of his party, but of the Government; 2) public denial that U. S. bankers had threatened to withhold credits from Germany should the old soldier, nearly 78 years of age, be elected...
...that M. Briand would then be asked to form a Cabinet, but Paris critics thought that he would be unable to command a majority, especially since he is opposed in principle to the present Government's religious policy. It was inferred that the Radical Socialists under Herriot might withhold support from a Briand Government...
...account, "were as successful as could be expected. The crowd was remarkably orderly and good natured a consumation which was doubtless due to the wise action of the authorities in prohibiting rigorously the sale of all intoxicating drinks. The towns-people, however, were most hospitable, and did not withhold the refreshing cup from the weary pilgrim. Our most earnest thanks are due the reception committee of Lexington for the cordial welcome we received at their hands...