Word: breaches
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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MISSISSIPPI: Theodore Gilmore Bilbo, ex-governor, was fined $100 and sent to jail for 30 days because he failed to answer a subpoena to appear as a witness in a sensational breach of promise case against the present governor. His sentence was later reduced to ten days and the fine remitted, but meanwhile he announced from jail his candidacy in the next gubernatorial election...
...strikes in breach of contract, by stoppage for trivial causes, by restriction of output, by opposition to labor saving machinery and new mining methods...
...bank 17 miles north of Bagdad, leaving that city an island in a flooded area of 100 square miles. Both the Zab and the Little Zab rivers between Mosul and Bagdad are pouring their swollen tribute into the waters of the Tigris. It will be impossible to repair the breach until the river has fallen ten feet...
...they organize their baseball team? Can you imagine inviting your best friend to "come out and run a mile with me this afternoon?" . . . Yet these are the forms of athletics that our schools teach boys. . . . Tennis is the real major sport.'" Wilhelm: "Irresponsible American newspapers talked of a breach between me and my bride when she left for Germany. The New York Times truthfully reports: 'There are, indeed, periods when the pair are on very affectionate terms.' " Pat Collins, M. P.: "I took part in a spirited debate in the House of Commons over a bill...
...Britain", English press has had little but condemnation for French action in the Ruhr, while English garrisons at bridgeheads over the Rhine have opposed the advance of French forces. The Liberal Party of England, with its strength constantly growing, definitely advocates more active opposition to the French policy. The breach has been steadily widening: historians of the future may point to the Ruhr as the ultimate cause of a "diplomatic revolution...