Word: objected
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Object together to such "violations of international law" as the Altmark affair...
After the painful symptoms of the backache have disappeared, the patient should take exercises to restore the power of the back muscles. The object of these exercises is to restore the natural function of the back...
Being anxious to avoid charges of "spreading propaganda," the Committee on Elementary Modern Language Instruction, which is sponsoring the film, chose the most innocuous subject possible. That is a wise move; there are so many people who will object to any German movie being shown, regardless of content, that to present an out-and-out propaganda film would only make criticism more vehement. But once the novelty of German films as such has worn off, the U. T. might well experiment with Nazified productions...
...Blunt object of Germany's indiscriminate war on neutral shipping is to discourage neutrals from trading with Great Britain. Great Britain's reply is her convoy system, of which she invites neutrals to take advantage, setting at one in 450 the chances of a convoyed ship's being lost. This week the Foreign Ministers of Denmark, Norway and Sweden were to meet in Copenhagen to consider forming convoys armed by themselves. From Sept. 3 to Feb. 15, Norway alone lost 47 vessels totaling 103,121 tons, nine of them in the last month. Last week she demanded...
...voiced a layman's proposition which any theologian worth his salt could turn upside down: "Before men can worship, they must eat." Said Preacher Lewis: "I believe in God and the Christian church. I believe any country devoted solely to materialism lacks something. You can draw your object lesson from Germany. . . . The church in Germany has lost the confidence of young men and women...