Word: strongly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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What set Detective Lippmann to brooding on the mystery was a Washington rumor that after Christmas President Roosevelt will declare his intention about a third term. Arousing Amateur Lippmann's well-bred scorn were the feverish efforts of other sleuths to solve the case by strong-arm methods. To ask that the President declare now whether he will or will not run again, said he, is as crude as the third degree; in fact, it is "no more than a blunt demand that Mr. Roosevelt give himself up and confess." Nor did Detective Lippmann have much esteem...
...Laying the cornerstone of the $3,000,000 Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, he made a strong, simple speech, praising George Washington as "a great moderator in bringing together discordant elements in the formation of a constitutional nation"; praising Lincoln as "counsel for the underprivileged . . . foe of malice, teacher of good will"; praising Jefferson for his political philosophy and for his belief "that the average opinion of mankind is in the long run superior to the dictates of the self-chosen." But he also said, "I hope that by January 1941 I shall be able to come to the dedication...
Unlike the actual belligerents, The Netherlands with its little policeman's army of 100,000 has not the barest fighting chance of defending itself should its borders be violated. And of all the neutrals save the strong and seagirt U. S., The Netherlands, with the world's third most valuable colonial empire, has the most to lose. Invasion by Germany would be the strongest temptation to Japan to seize the rich Netherlands Indies, and the only force on which Queen Wilhelmina could possibly count to prevent such a grab is the British China Squadron based at Singapore...
...Sampson of the Herald: "Harvard, Yale boasts a strong defensive line; but with the exception of aerial work, her offense doesn't amount to much. The Crimson backfield is outstanding and Harlow has a better all-round attack...
...Crimson line, playing his last game, Captain Hammy Wood was outstanding. John Dimmoff and Bob Haydock were strong at the terminal posts and Gus Soule played his usual dependable game at guard. Tine, Ed Buckley, and Red Townsend did well in the backfield...