Word: combativeness
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...friendly arm around the shoulders of his constituents and told them they "ought to be comin' up to see" him oftener. In 1908 he got himself elected to Congress in place of Nashville's fire-eating Representative John Wesley Gaines but ever since he has dodged political combat. In 1930 he gave up his ambition to be Senator rather than risk a campaign with Cordell Hull for opponent. In 1933 he gave up his ambition to be Speaker rather than risk a three-cornered fight with Henry Rainey and John McDuffie...
...second half of each year malaria is rife in the South. Quinine is the specific drug which victims of malaria take to combat that distressing disease. And quinine has a special, destructive effect on the auditory nerves...
...American colleges, have settled in Abyssinia since I cut the path," said Col. Julian. "To the news of Italy's aggression my instinctive reaction was at once to take off for Abyssinia in my black Bellanca plane (see cut). However, I restrained my ardor whilst assembling some combat and bombing equipment which I will take with me by ship to Aden, thence flying the planes to Addis Ababa...
North German Lloyd officials knew of no combat equipment or battle planes among Col. Julian's luggage as the Europa sailed. "The only disparity between the combatants is in the air," was the Black Eagle's parting declaration. "Once that is remedied, Abyssinia hath nothing to fear...
...unscrupulous opposition groups have overridden his expressed desire. He has gone too far to retreat now. Even this magical manipulator of ideas and men cannot reconcile the irreconcilable. Unless re-consideration is forced in Congress, the presidential vote must be invoked. If so, we may expect a truly Herculean combat between the executive and the legislature which will be the strongest test of Roosevelt's power and character that has yet arisen...