Word: would
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...disarms The good intentions of a Glamis. Who'd blame a self-respecting Tyrrwhite, Miscalled, for chiding in a spirit Of gentle protest? And a Ruthven May similarly be forgiven. "Twere justice that my tongue should blister If, having met a Mr. Bicester, I hailed him wrongly; it would grieve a Descendant of the clan of Belvoir To be erroneously addressed. It cannot be too strongly stressed: A shock awaits the fool who wavers Before he says, "Good-morning, Claverhouse." A burden of regret and woe Descends on those who Do Not Know, So I've endeavoured...
...which qualified him as a naval expert for the London conference. His teachers, admirals of the Navy's General Board, called one after another at his office to give lessons in naval equipment, strategy, statistics. It was announced that as a lover of peace, not as a pacifist, would Statesman Stimson lead the U. S. delegation to London...
State Department attaches had long been wondering whether any complaint would be made to Ambassador Dawes about the excessive costliness of his cable messages from London. On diplomatic business the Ambassador has been anything but brief and $400 messages from him to Washington have not been rare. If Statesman Stimson had any intention of suggesting that Ambassador Dawes economize on cable tolls, he put it aside when the Ambassador, all geniality, asked him to put up at the U. S. embassy during the London conference. Arm-in-arm they went off to Woodley, the Stimson estate, for luncheon. Secretary Stimson...
...vain for the railroads against the Adamson eight-hour law, for the brewers against Prohibition, for special groups against the 19th amendment (woman suffrage). In 1918 he was investigated by a congressional committee for spreading German propaganda. According to Chairman Caraway of the Senate lobby committee, Lobbyist Arnold would take any side of any public question...
...current tariff bill. Testimony indicated a broad streak of duplicity. Letters showed that while he was working with Southern Democrats for special protective rates, he was also passing along to the Republican Regulars secret information of the Democratic-Insurgent coalition against the measure. Once he wrote that he would "put courage into" President Hoover to make him "stand" for the House rates on sugar...