Word: token
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...borne past the City Hall at Cork, soldiers stationed there came to attention and their officers saluted. Opinions differ widely as to the wisdom of the Sinn Fein movement and as to its ultimate bearing upon the happiness of Ireland; but true men everywhere will join in that token of respect and admiration. To MacSwiney the liberal measure of freedom which Great Britain offers, and the prosperity which has already been achieved, are as nothing in comparison with the territorial and military independence of his people; and in that conviction he made every sacrifice...
...country will take the cost of living to be the paramount issue of the November elections. The average man is a selfish beast, and holds his material comfort at home above the welfare of his more distant neighbors. Self-interest is a natural instinct, and by more than one token is it apparent that the hopes of business prosperity, more nearly equable tariff adjustments, trade stimulation and national economy which the election of a Republican ticket seems to insure, will prevail over the continuation of a Democratic administration with its attendant ills, and the promise of "going...