Word: depend
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Chicago, to deliver it. ". . . This is the time," said he, "when you and I know that though we have proceeded a portion of the way, the longer, harder part still lies ahead; and that it is for us to redouble our efforts to care for those who must still depend upon relief, to prevent the disintegration of home life, and to stand by the victims of the Depression until it is definitely past. . . . Government can do many things better than private associations or citizens, but in the last analysis, success in personal matters depends on the personal contact between neighbor...
...single-handed and at the same time be sufficiently fast. That is why he made his two changes, Rankin from halfback, and later when Tom Wilson, last year's Freshman star was hurt, the conversion of Johnson from his center job. How successful the Eli machine will prove will depend a lot on the work on the flanks...
According to a statement of present plans, the association intends to "set up an appropriately located permanent memorial, the character and impressiveness of which will depend upon the amount of funds which may be secured from those who believe in the things for which he stood. It is hoped to raise $20,000 for this purpose...
...sanguine observers of international affairs, this will mark an occasion for the League to show its teeth, to bring into play all the machinery of economic boycott and strangulation upon which its real efficiency must depend. Observers, less sanguine perceive that the League of Nations, like a stock pool or a successful church, demands from its operators that they be in good faith, that they shall not bargain slyly around the corner. Perhaps Great Britain and France believe in the League, and are willing to commit themselves seriously to its processes; it is no very cynical asperity to remark that...
Another question: "Have you ever sent messages to other planets?'' Prompt answer: "I've sent lots of messages that never got anywhere. If dispatches ever reach other planets the achievement will depend on overcoming absorption in the earth's atmosphere, and last but not least on whether the planets are inhabited. They might be in the Stone Age and not be ready to receive our communications. We know that wireless travels far into space because we have picked up radio echoes. I never heard any of my early messages come back; the first transatlantic letter...