Word: carly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When Dictator Carmona returned to Lisbon, after putting down the mutiny at Oporto, he arrived in an armored car, and well supported by airplanes and troops, which enabled him to resume with bomb and shot his despot's grip upon the capital...
...downtown express at the Grand Central Station about 11 a.m. ; and sitting across from me was a most distinguished looking old gentleman reading TIME. He sat up very straight, holding the magazine before him; and I was glad to see that several people on my side of the car were attracted by the bright red border of TIME'S cover, and were straining to read the caption under the picture of Mrs. Nicholas Longworth on the cover. The old gentleman seemed to be reading straight through, page by page, just as I always do, and it was quite evident...
...heavy-swung, dark-curtained private car rumbled from Mexico City last week to Laredo, Texas. It was the Hidalgo, sumptuous equipage of rich Seņor Alberto Pani, said to be the only Mexican statesman whose word is trusted by U. S. financiers (TIME...
...they very properly proceeded as though they were escorting a god to his last rest. Expense. Four million yen ($2,000,000) was spent on the funeral. Pomp. Red and gold automobiles for members of the Imperial House, two special railway stations, innumerable hand-tooled pavilions, a funeral railway car, a vast funeral hearse (TIME, Jan. 10), and some 20 miles of road and railroad were built-will never be used again. Numbers. Princes, ambassadors, nobles, and army and navy officers to the number of 12,000 participated in the funeral, while two million commoners looked on. Pageant...
...kind Denver loves. People scratched their heads to think up things they wanted or did not want. One man offered voice lessons for a tombstone. One wanted to swap a steamer trunk for a suitcase and grip. One wrote: "Will decorate your home as first payment on used car." Another: "Canary, fine singer; sell for $5." Police had to regulate the queues of would-be advertisers. Thirsty automobiles jammed the publishing districts...