Word: alterity
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Adopted unanimously in committee were a Mexican proposal and a Peruvian amendment which bade fair to alter slightly the makeup of the Governing Board of the permanent Pan-American Union at Washington, a bureau which functions between Pan-American Conferences...
When Smith presented his credentials at the Senate door in November, the Senators refused to admit him even temporarily, on the ground that his election had already been investigated and reported on. He begged a further hearing. He received it. But new evidence as he presented failed to alter his investigators' original decision. Then came the final rejection, giving Illinois notice that it must fill the vacant seat in some manner other than the manner it had approved in the election of Smith...
Backed by many a rich man, the Anti-Saloon League fostered Prohibition. Backed by a few libertarians, the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment was founded to alter Prohibition. Lately, the A. A. P. A. has attracted rich backers (TIME, Dec. 12). Last week, the A.A.P.A. announced "the enlargement and expansion of the organization in preparation for future campaigns...
...present it is undeniably the procedure of the United States to support, in a civil conflict, the administration favorable to North American business. And however pragmatically sound this policy may be, it is not held to be morally defensible by its opponents here and abroad. To collect debts and alter governments by force of arms as the United States has regularly done is usually called imperialism, despite the assertions of Mr. Coolidge. It was the treatment of Nicaragua several decades ago that gave rise to the term "dollar diplomacy", and more recently the casual remark of a marine...
...highly probable that nine times out of ten the student is wrong and his advisor is right, but that does not alter the situation in the slightest. He is planning his own college work, and so long as he adheres to the college requirements, anything further in the choice of courses should be left to him. Let the advisor give his advice, leaving the student free to take it or leave it. After all he is going to hoe his own row. The Cornell...