Word: affirmation
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Today I affirm that the idea, doctrine and spirit of Fascismo are universal. It is Italian in its particular institutions, but it is universal in spirit; nor could it be otherwise, for spirit is universal by its very nature. It is therefore possible to foresee a Fascist Europe which will model its institutions on Fascist doctrine and practice, a Europe which will solve in the Fascist way the problems of the modern State of the twentieth century...
...they refuse to go to the polls on a straightforward platform. Prohibition is the issue in this election and it is an issue of grave importance for the future welfare of the Commonwealth. For the Republican press to becloud that issue with nonsense about a Democratic depression is to affirm their belief in the doctrine that it is easy to fool enough of the people at election time...
Whether a divorce procured in Campeche would be recognized in the U. S. appears to be problematical, for my learned correspondent says: "As to recognition of a local divorce in the U. S., I will say that I affirm the same has an identic statute as a divorce granted in one State of the U. S. to another State in the same country." Since no divorce has ever been "granted in one State of the U. S. to another State," there appears to be no precedent from which "identic statute" or the validity of a Campeche divorce can be determined...