Word: bordered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Parliament of Northern Ireland an estimate of $3,693,428 was passed for the special constabulary. It was stated that no reduction of the force could be contemplated while the border question remained unsettled, and that a supplementary vote would be presented in the Fall...
...most of our work, finding traces of Chinese art, influenced by the Indian Buddhist traders who brought ponies and jade to exchange for the wool and skins of the Tartars. This art is in the form of statues and frescoes left in caves, shrines and temples from the border of Turkestan to Loyang, where the Chinese civilization of that day was centered...
Senator Willis, big Ohio Republican, proposed an amendment to restrict passage of residents of Canada and Mexico across the borders. "What does it amount to," cried he, "to shut and padlock the front door and leave the back door open?" The Senate, 60 to 12, refused to recognize the force of his interjection. Said Pennsylvanian Reed: "This is absolutely unnecessary.* This is unwise if we are to pay any atten- tion to the Pan-American idea." And Senator Fess (from Ohio, like Mr. Willis) cautioned: "It will disturb our relations."; New Mexican Bursum added : "We had $200,000,000 trade...
...Serene Highness Prince Helie de Sagan, Due de Talleyrand-Perigord, husband of the former Anna Gould* of Manhattan, decided to sell his estate at Sagan in Silesia near the border of Brandenburg and about 100 miles southeast of Berlin. The estate, which was advertised in European papers, comprises Sagan, capital of the "principality," which has a population of 15,000 people, an immense outlying estate upon which 50,000 people live, many castles, a park and other properties. The whole estate is worth considerably more than a million dollars. Prince Helie, who inhabits an aesthetic pink marble house...
...Swiss regiment passing one of the frontier stations on the Italo-Swiss border became incensed at the sight of some Fascisti. They cried out: "Down with Italy!" "Down with the Fascisti!" "Down with Mussolini!" This incident had two results: Lieutenant Guido Gavani challenged Colonel Gusser, commander of the Swiss regiment, to a duel for slurring the fair name of Fascismo. Benito Mussolini, swallowing his own pride, called upon the Swiss Government to apologize for having insulted Italy. The Swiss Government uttered its concern and promised an inquiry and punishment for the offenders...