Word: laments
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...American aid to Britain by measures which do not stop short of war is that without such aid Britain may not be able to win and that Americans should be fearful of the consequences of British defeat. Such reasoning rests upon a misunderstanding of American psychology. Nearly all Americans lament the defeat of France and would lament a similar defeat of Britain. But they are unready to believe that they are dependent upon any foreign power for their own national defense, and they can not easily be frightened into participation in a foreign war. When six months ago France fell...
...peace. A. F. of L. faced a fight over racketeers within its ranks. In an attack on racketeering, David Dubinsky raised the lament in the wilder ness heard by John Lewis in Atlantic City. Dubinsky and his fellow delegates from the International Ladies' Garment Work ers Union proposed a resolution giving the Executive Council of the Federation summary power to oust union officials guilty of corrupt practices or "moral turpitude." President Green throttled the idea, contending it would destroy the autonomy of unions. Dubinsky threatened to carry his resolution to the floor for a fight...
...made themselves specialists in foreign countries, cultivating good relations not only as good business but as a patriotic duty. Last week in Manhattan, at the annual session of the Academy of Political Science, a businessman who is a specialist on Japan spoke some far-reaching words. That Banker Thomas Lament's words would be heard in Tokyo seemed certain, for the House of Morgan was once U. S. banker for Japan. That some of his words would suggest to Japanese how they looked to Western eyes also seemed certain: "I have made many friends in China and scores...
...Lament points...
Dust hath closed Helen's eye-"It was quite irrelevant, really, a lament by Nashe in time of pestilence. . . . Words were the only net to catch a mood, the only sure weapon against oblivion...