Word: ageing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...them to meet all requirements of modern navigation." 4) That a measure would be introduced to enable the Dominion Government to control ocean freight rates. Julian Hedworth George Byng, only surviving son of the second Earl of Strafford, was born a little more than 62 years ago. At the age of 21, he joined the Royal Hussars, saw service in the Sudan, in the South African War, the Great War, became successively Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel, Brigadier General, Major General, Lieutenant General, General. During the War, he commanded first the 3rd Cavalry Division; but as soon as trench...
...West Point was lucky. The whole army may well drop to its knees and offer sacrifice and thanksgiving to Mars that the person who discovered the mistake was a friend. Imagine the result if an Annapolis man had seen it first. The age-old rivalry between army and navy would have ended then and there with the middles on top, chanting a newly-found epithet, perfectly precise and utterly unanswerable...
...verdict of the jury was "guilty" for Mr. Means and Colonel Felder, with a recommendation for leniency for the latter (owing to his advanced age). Motions were made to set aside the verdict, but the judge declined to do so. He sentenced Mr. Means to $10,000 fine and two years' imprisonment, and Mr. Felder to the fine alone. Ninety days were given for filing exceptions, bail being set at $10,000, Mr. Means is also on $25,000 bail while awaiting an appeal on sentence for conspiracy to violate the prohibition...
...measure passed three times by the Canadian House of Commons would become the land's law no matter what the Senate thought about it. As regards the composition of the Senate, the Premier would have the Senators elected (not appointed) for definite periods and with a definite retiring age.* There can be no doubt that such radical legislation, if carried, would not only impair the dignity of that august House (make it a forum of party politics rather than a custodian of national rights and liberties as at present), but would remove a pillar of the Constitution, as well...
...short of a farce. At Bagdad, capital of Iraq, officials decided to postpone a general election for the first national parliament. The circumstances were unique; The population of the country-man, woman and child-is not more than 3,000,000; of these, only male subjects 20 years of age may vote. When the register of the electorates was completed, it was found that no fewer than 10,000,000 persons had registered as voters...