Word: cap
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that at my age I must continue to watch over Greek liberties!" shrilled 71-year-old M. Venizelos, his famed skull cap jerking back & forth on his bald head, to rest now on his neck, now on the bridge of his nose. "I had announced my retirement, but if the ex-King dares to return, I shall return to the political arena, resolved to save my country from the tyranny of a royalist dictatorship...
...dressed in the traditional caps and gowns, looking very scholastic and dignified as they passed in review before the spectators. A note of humor was added by the fact that they carried on their shoulders three young urchins from the Cambridge suburbs, one of whom was sporting a severe black cap...
...clock. Seniors assemble in front of Holworthy, to march to Memorial Church. Seniors must wear cap and gown. Seats reserved for families, Seniors, Members of the Faculty and the public...
...handsome grey-haired Lieut. General Werner von Blomberg dropped his title of Reichswehr (Realm's Defense) Minister and reassumed the pre-War title of Kriegsminister (Minister of War). The Reichswehr, too, dropped that name, which it has never liked, to become again Germany's Heer. To cap the day, Kriegsminister von Blomberg performed a little ceremony. He went out to the Invaliden Cemetery, laid wreaths on the graves of two significant heroes of Prussia's wars against Napoleon Bonaparte: General Gerhard von Scharnhorst, who introduced universal compulsory military training into Prussia, and General Hermann von Boyen...
...does Italy need more colonies, feels bitterly that she was diddled out of her due share of the loot by the Treaty of Versailles. Abyssinia is a nut that other imperialistic countries have tried often to crack. Should Italy succeed, it would be a great feather in the Fascist cap...