Word: buttoned
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When Turkey went to war against the Allies in 1914, the most dreaded weapon in her armory was the threat of the Jehad or Holy War-power to declare which was vested in the office of the Califate. Dutifully the Calif pushed the button. Nothing much happened. The Jehad did not prevent the British Moslems and the French North African troops from fighting against the Central Powers, nor did it hold back the Arabs from declaring their independence and fighting as Allies of the British in Palestine. The Jehad proved to be a "dud" shell; but when the Grand National...
...presence of Queen Mary, Dr. Walter Button told an audience in University College of London University that Scots would drink the health of their future monarch with "far greater gusto" if he were known as the "Prince of Scotland and Wales." The Doctor said that the eldest son of the Kings of Scotland had been known as the Prince of Scotland since 1400, the title being assumed by right of birth, whereas the title of Prince of Wales was specially created (1301). The Queen smiled appreciatively...
...little things: unexpected invitations to call on the Chief Executive; White House answers to the letters of Tom, Dick and Harry, written with flattering conscientiousness; broad-minded patronage; a keen little slogan, "Keep Coolidge"; the personal touch from the finger that starts so many things by pressing a little button...
...were made after careful consideration of the trend of critical opinion: SILK-Samuel Merwin - Houghton ($2.00). This is the story of the great adventure of Jan Po, "native of P'ing Ling in Shansi, pupil of Ma Chung at Lo Yang, mandarin of the eighth rank with button of worked gold," as told in the journals and letters of the polished Jan himself. He tells of his journey beyond the edge of the world, along the route of the silk; of Ibn Shu Eer Din, Wa Zir of Balkh and his wily plans for the acquisition of the secret...
...GOOD-Leonard Merrick-Button ($1.90). Leonard Merrick does only a few things and he always does them in the same way. That he usually manages to give them an original tang is high tribute to his unexcelled craftsmanship. In this book most of the old situations reassert themselves a little over-assiduously. There is the second-rate theatrical troupe an'd its provincial lodging houses. There is poverty-stricken Virtue roaming the London streets for chapters in search of shelter and employment. There is sentiment, barrels of it, verging narrowly on the sugary. But there is more than...