Word: overthrow
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...official decision gives the reason: "The Soviet Government conducts a propaganda in the United States for the purpose of creating an insurrection to overthrow the Government of the United States by force and violence. It is further shown that Lenine has proposed to withdraw the propaganda in return for political and commercial recognition and intercourse between Russia and the United States." Would any nation stoop to such terms? In such a case does money or commercial privilege signify anything...
...estranged the Metropolitan press by singing football songs on a New York ferry-boat. But this is not all. "Cornell is and always has been essentially not only a man's but a he-man's' school." If something is not done at once "Cornell will face an overthrow." That's the real danger an overthrow...
...revolt against his chief, drive him from power and bring about his death. This fact is not very strange when we view it as a recurrence of General Huerta's famous coup d etat in 1913, when he overthrew the government of Madero and caused that President's subsequent overthrow...
This organization did help to kill John Barleycorn, yet there were at the same time many other and more powerful forces working for the overthrow of Demon Rum. But the Women's Christian Temperance Union flatter themselves, if they believe that alone they can subdue Lady Nicotine...
...prevented free public meetings. We are still American enough to protest against such restrictions. Of course free speech should be allowed only so long as it does not interfere with other rights given us under the Constitution, so long as it does not incite people to violence and counsel overthrow of government. Curbing free speech only helps the cause of unbalanced radicals...