Word: yielding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...support any Court, it will not be one that we have set up alone or which reflects only our ideals. Other nations have their customs and their institutions, their thoughts and their methods of life. If a Court is going to be international, its composition will have to yield to what is good in all these various elements. Neither will it be possible to support a Court which is exactly perfect, or under which we assume absolutely no obligations. If we are seeking that opportunity, we might as well declare that we are opposed to supporting any Court. . . . We shall...
...because they are surprisingly unique. Never before has a royal diadem of Egypt been unearthed. And even the minor trappings of the royal person have hitherto been scarcely above ground. The reason is that previously discovered mummies have been stripped by thieves before the savants got at them. Every yield of ancient splendor laughs ironically at Egypt's squalorous fellaheen of today...
...these circumstances, M. Blum flatly demanded a direct levy on capital instead of a 14-year tax on "income." M. Painlevé dared not yield, because it was considered certain that the conservative Senate would kill any such measure even if it passed the Chamber. Still M. Blum insisted. He wanted a "capital levy" inserted "on principle," though the Senate should tear...
...Painlevé, backed by President Doumergue, then defied the Socialists and vowed that he would throw his measure into the Chamber as it stood. Said he, "I will not yield. I will fall on the field of battle." Thereupon he went...
...what cost. Unfortunately it shortly became apparent that the cost meant inserting the "capital levy" in the bill under the guise of a "mortgage-secured tax." For 24 consecutive hours M. Painlevé occupied himself with redrafting his measure, largely to suit M. Blum. Said the harassed Premier, "I yield. But only to Le Cartel...