Word: centralized
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...president of Nicaragua in two successive terms, and inasmuch as General Chamorro, by his success in the revolution of 1925, "unquestionably held the office of President de facto from Jan. 17 to Oct. 30, 1926," and inasmuch as the U. S. sponsored a treaty wherein the Central-American nations agreed to deny recognition to unconstitutional governments, therefore the U. S. could not recognize any administration headed by General Chamorro that might come to power...
About 80,000 lignite* miners in Central Germany went on strike and with it began a general movement for an increase of wages, long incipient...
...leaders in what has become known as the Coolidge market, were slashed unmercifully by the short interests, marking a decline on the exchange that reflected the country-wide depression now being experienced in almost every avenue of trade. U. S. Steel common, General Motors, General Electric and N. Y. Central shares, known as financial bellwethers and representative of industrial, railway and utility activity, were unable to offer their usual resistance to the present economic disquiet and concluded at prices considerably lower than they have notched for months...
...debate surged around the central question, "What is a pacifist?" John Ramage of the London School of Economics gave his conception of a pacifist as "An inverted militarist, one whose natural pugilistic instincts have somehow turned into fresher channels." Commenting with surprise upon the inconsistency of men who could play football, but were appalied at the thought of war. Ramage compared his opponents to the shades in Homer, who "drank blood, but could not look upon...
...forensic abilities tomorrow evening at 7.30 o'clock at the Union, when the Debating Union will throw open the floor to all those present after a formal debate between four men on the proposition: "Resolved, That this house believes that the Monroe Doctrine, in its applications to South and Central America, should be abandoned...