Word: campaign
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...reason existed for distrust, leading to a general fall of exchange rates and a stampede similar to the American free silver scare of 1895, to the gambling in 1919 on Russian rubles, in 1922 on the German mark, in 1923 on the sterling exchange under Baldwin's protectionist campaign...
...broke the bonds provided by the visual example of his personal restraint, and the original "soul force" degenerated into mob violence. Gandhi, in prison, was helpless, and watched with a breaking heart the falling ruins of his ideal, as the swaragists exceeded his carefully planned limits and began a campaign of civil disobedience which has apparently ended in at least temporary failure...
...Union last night, "for it looks as if almost any Democratic ticket could sweep the country today. But unless the convention in New York City this summer nominates a Liberal candidate, the aspects of the entire situation will change. At any rate the results of the coming campaign will hinge entirely on the vote of the middle West, particularly the farmers of Iowa and Missouri...
...will hold its first informal smoker at 8 o'clock tonight in the Club Room of the Union Professor J. L. Conger, exchange professor from the University of Illinois, will be the speaker, and in his talk he will outline the chances for Democratic success in the coming Presidential campaign...
...Arthur Henderson, appointed Secretary of State for Home Affairs in the Macdonald Cabinet, was successful in contesting the Burnley by-election, winning by a majority of 7,037 votes over his Conservative opponent. The campaign was enlivened by Mr. Henderson, who stated that the Government desired to revise the Treaty of Versailles. This forced Premier Macdonald to issue a denial...