Word: amide
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Amid the acclaim of women Democrats, Mrs. Thomson announced her candidacy, saying: "Should the voters honor me by selection for this post I would look upon it as a step forward for our party and the women of America, and I would necessarily look upon it, not as a personal vote, but more in the light of a generous recognition by the voters of this district of the women of Louisiana...
...their emphasis upon the many advantages which the English University enjoy over Harvard. No doubt there are many advantages in favor of our friends across the sea, but most people seem to lose sight of the consideration that Harvard has grown under different circumstances, to meet different problems and amid different influences, than those surrounding Oxford. The obvious result is that we must look at ourselves as we are in our own environment and improve where we can, and not say simply because such and such an arrangement is better at Oxford and suits their requirements that we would...
...Treaty was then ratified by 123 to 24 votes amid "howls of indignation" from the Opposition...
Three days after the "Pirmasens affair" the green-white-red flag of the Separatists was hauled down by order of the Allies amid the indescribable joy and relief of the people, and the government of the area was placed in the hands of a Palatinate Kreistag Commitee. Great Britain, who, through ex-Foreign Minister Lord Curzon, was the first Nation to protest energetically against the Separatist activities, and who caused an Interallied Special Com-mission to be formed to study the Separatist question, was hailed by the Palatinate populace as their saviour...
...final curtain tremendous enthusiasm was evinced. The actors were called "20 times" amid deafening applause. The author, said to be the tallest and thinnest man in Sweden, "was forced six times to acknowledge the plaudits of the appreciative audience...