Word: affairs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...were attacked at Damascus by rebels . . . and as I could not surrender the town there had to be fighting in the streets. . . . The British consul very nearly provoked a panic when I told him that I must bombard the Moslem quarters of the town. . . . The romantic versions of the affair in the English press indicate that somebody wanted to give the public its money's worth. . . . The French Government has always received full reports from me, except during three successive days when the cable service was interrupted . . . . I stopped the pillage; that was the extent of my military oppression...
...Yugo-Slavia. Friction between Italy and Yugo-Slavia was generated, curiously enough, by the Zaniboni affair. At Trieste the Slavonian newspaper Edinost published accusations to the effect that the whole Zaniboni "plot" had been "framed" by Fascist leaders to embarrass the Opposition and serve as an excuse for further tyranny. Promptly Fascists attacked and severely damaged both the offices of Edinost and the Yugo-Slavian consulate at Trieste...
...Cooperative Store on the Square was torn down last winter, and the new, and greatly enlarged, plant has been completed during the summer. The new building, a four story affair, has all modern department store fixtures, and also provides space for future expansion in the form of offices which now are rented...
...strict truth this Shubert concoction is a pretty flabby affair. This is not to deny it any merit whatever undeniably it has its moments, as for instance in the delightfully absurd Balloon dance, in the dancing of Tommy Healy and the mere appearances of Lucita Covera,--in the orchestral jazz and the far-famed "Living Palette" and "Living Statues", and in an occasional pleas- antly executed evolution of the chorus. But these bits of relief serve only to make the whole show spotty; they are by no means enough for its salvation...
Tonight's mass meeting is the first outdoor affair of the sort which has been held at the University in many years. Consequently when the plans for the meeting were being made, the problem of lighting arrangements was at first a serious one. It was discovered, however, that Ralph W. Robert, the defeated candidate for Mayor of Cambridge, had on hand a large supply of red fire, which arrived too late for use in his campaign and which he was glad to dispose of at cost, as the next mayoral election does not occur for two years. The purchase...