Word: protestable
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...every one knew the President would veto, or of passing a bill which would satisfy the President's demand for revenue, but would offend various users of the mails. The House favored the latter course. The Senate was inclined to the former. The publishers had risen in violent protest when it was suggested that their rates be raised. Both Senate and House yielded to them. Farmers' organizations protested against raising parcels post rates. The House decided to risk the farmers' wrath. The Senate was less inclined to. The House...
...Bourse at Rome, the Bourse at Milan, indignantly announced that they suspend trading as a protest. The Government had issued a decree that no one might speculate in stocks or bonds without a 25% margin. Finance Minister de Stefani had become alarmed because bellboys rushed from hotels, chauffeurs left their cars, laborers left their ditches to telephone orders to the stock exchanges, in a fever of speculation...
...Inhabitants who are victims of the aforesaid policy will withhold the reception otherwise due to Lord Balfour. On the day of his arrival, meetings will be held in places of worship for protest and prayer. Representatives of Arab bodies, recognized or unrecognized, and other national bodies and notables, will refrain from meeting him publicly or privately. The authorities responsible for the Holy Places and national institutions will withhold leave of access to them. Arabic papers will appear with black borders and brief comments in English on the Balfour Declaration. Political authorities in Arab countries will associate themselves with the said...
...discern in the attitude of its President an ignominious desertion of the best ideals of the humanities for the "ideals" of big business; and inasmuch as I do consider such an attitude and philosophy as an effrontery to culture, not only in this continent, but in all continents, I protest and ask that my protest be filed. A. Phillipoff...
...believe you are generally at some pains to be accurate and I would not think of trying to do without your magazine, but I must register a protest against your using "Episcopalian" as an adjective?TIME, Feb. 16, page 18, first news column, first line...