Word: retorted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...would flood Britain with gold, and that it would shackle Britain to the U. S. in the event of heavy gold exports. After pointing out the contradictory nature of these criticisms, Mr. Churchill has declared that gold resumption shackled England only to present realities-a pointed and adequate retort. Already over ?1,000,000 in gold has been exported from England since assumption of the gold standard, with more to follow in all probability. The British are hoping that the rediscount rate of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York may be reduced -a step which will decrease...
Miss Mary MacSwiney, sister of the late Terence MacSwiney, is daring the immigration officials to eject her from the country, threatening that if such an attempt is made she will go on hunger strike. There is an obvious and sensible retort for such a declaration that has evidently not occurred to the immigration authorities at New York...
...difficulty with this solution is that the state legislatures at once proceed to penalize the university for meddling in politics. If a professor at a state university ventures to point out that a political policy is misguided, the university suffers. In Wisconsin, in 1912, as a retort to criticism by professors of economics, the legislature crippled the university by drastic cuts in its appropriation. Recently, Governor Ferguson of Texas, in one of her first official acts, eliminated several enemies of her husband in the state university by cutting out the departments of which they were the heads...
...could give me lessons on how to run an election," came the meaning retort from the Premier. And, later, in answer to another jibe from Giolitti, Signor Mussolini rapped out: "You may rest assured we will not use the artillery in our election. You have done even that...
Sharp criticism and retort from formerly friendly lips...