Word: altering
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...begin by granting that an injustice was perhaps done in at least one of the cases which the eleven protesting members cited. This, however, does not alter the fact that a protest requesting "strict observance of the merit system; in other words, on the basis of outside activities" does not contribute one constructive idea towards the solution of the problem. It is merely the expression of an admission standard already so often expressed it has become hackneyed...
Contending that the press decrees did not "in any respect alter the fundamental notion of liberty," the Daladier Government insisted that the legislation was necessary to "prevent certain campaigns of suspicious origin tending to weaken the morale of the nation...
...Wood keeps himself busy in the outfield or at first when he isn't twirling. Sophomore McGilan are the other outer-gardeners. Eddle has been shifted between second base and the outfield, and Rog Hazen is the regular custodian of first base. Tricky Alter is another second sacker. To turn to part of the infield (the left side) which seems to be the same from day to day, we find that Besse and Krech have third and short sewed...
...still be resisted. Then he recalled Herr Hitler's pledge (to him and to the world) that Nazi Germany had no further territorial ambitions in Europe. Said the Prime Minister bluntly: "Those assurances have now been thrown to the winds absolutely." Said he in words that will either alter the course of European history or will for years be thrown back contemptuously into Britain's face...
...describing the new Chamber, Virginio Gayda, the Dictator's journalistic alter ego, called it a "new great revolutionary creation which has neither precedent nor equal in the political regime of any other country." Although in theory the Chamber of Fasces and Corporations will be able to initiate political and economic legislation, it is doubtful whether Il Duce will allow it to do much debating. Why the Dictator took all this trouble to organize a legislative body which will probably be just as much a rubber stamp as the Deputies were will probably remain a dark Fascist mystery. Perhaps Premier...