Word: betwixt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Bewildered railroads, betwixt and between, which connive at nullification by leaving enforcement to custom, conscience or courtesy, include...
...highest dignitaries of the Afghan State plunged from the Polish border into Russia aboard a new and sumptuous Soviet special train of 14 salon cars. The plunge was momentous because King Amanullah, whose Realm lies between India and Russia (see Map), holds the balance of power in Middle Asia betwixt the British Empire and the Soviet Union. He has just learned secretly at London how much Great Britain is prepared to offer for his friendship. Last week it was Russia's turn to cap the British bid and to dazzle King Amanullah with a display more imposing than...
...college migrates for two week--ends, and gives up studying for a brief period, only to return to Hanover physically and mentally exhausted. No harm done. Perhaps not. But for the good of the undergraduate body, it might not be a had idea if the evening was spent betwixt sleeping and intellectual activity. Let the freshmen attend the rally they have never blundered through one as yet. But let the rest of the college enjoy the evening they can save their laughter to better advantage for the next week end." The Dartmouth...
French-censored cables from Syria direct continued the many-months-old fiction that "Syria is nearly pacified." Syrian rebel despatches via Cairo kept up the equally long standing imposture that the French are seriously hard pressed by the rebellious Druses and Arabian tribes. The status quo continues to lie betwixt these untruths. The French are policing and mopping up Syria but at a cost in gold and blood which France can ill afford...
Soon Alexander was possessed of two sooty straws. One he held betwixt thumb and forefinger as his automobile proceeded down the street in which the Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were assassinated-thus starting the World...