Word: aug
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Britons and Turks were reported to be preparing for a conference in Constantinople "to thrash out the Mosul question." When the Allied differences with Turkey were patched up at Lausanne (TiME, Aug. 6) one of the problems left over for further discussions was that of Mosul. The technical argument over Mosul is: Does it belong to Iraq or to Turkey? The real trouble is much deeper than that. Mosul has become in diplomatic language a mere pseudonym for oil, because around that city are rich oil fields. Britain has a protectorate over Iraq and supports the Iraquians (Arab inhabitants...
...July 15-Aug. 15, Outdoor Italian Opera, Vienna...
Sadi Lecointe, famed aeronaut, holder of the world's altitude record (TIME, Aug. 13), announced his candidacy for the Chamber of Deputies. He will run on the Radical-Socialist ticket in a Paris constituency...
...examined again on Aug. 29, about six weeks after the treatment. Her so-called rheumatic pains had entirely disappeared; she had occasional palpitation of the heart; was decidedly less tired in spite of being overworked, and looked unusually well. All her friends remarked on the favorable change in her appearance...
...Aug Hempel-he offered Selina whatever she wished...