Word: proclaimed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...only seven justices to his Supreme Court although his Constitution allows for eleven. So he can at any time pack his Court. Said the strutting little autocrat of the Islands: "We have made democracy effective and made it impossible for any one to grab the reins of government and proclaim himself a dictator...
...important, the provision that all American claims to any materials whatsoever, intended for a belligerent country, must be relinquished before they leave an American port. The neutrality bill fits the pressing demand for a strictly defined policy, permitting the President to stick his finger in the stew only to proclaim a "state of war" and possibly add to the embargo list...
...this is not to say that the Act as it stands is perfect, or that it is not to be changed", the administrator was swift to proclaim. But the most vital of all of the Chairman's avowals was his far-sighted prediction for the future. "It is a part of the intelligence to expect that we shall learn how to improve social security constantly, and that through the years the system will undergo definite and steady evolution...
Franz Lehar is not only a Hungarian; he is a Rotarian. The best of this gifted sexagenarian's melodies-lyrically proclaim his Magyar background. The Lehar melodic line at its best is marvelously cunning, fresh, deceptive. It climbs like a lark to clear heights, then swoops down and off in a breathtaking, unexpected course...
...resolutions it passed last week voiced its faith in Jewishness. In an unmistakable trend back toward Orthodoxy, the delegates urged that all Reform synagogs employ cantors and all-Jewish choirs, singing Jewish music only, and resume use of the ancient Kiddush, a blessing before the evening meal to proclaim the holiness of the Sabbath. The Union, too, voted its faith in the Jewish homeland, praising the Jewish Agency-to which Zionists and non-Zionists subscribe-for its activities: "We see the hand of Providence in the opening of the gates of Palestine for the Jewish people at a time when...