Word: chileanization
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...such as you possess in Italy-no Coliseum, monuments, cathedrals or works of art. We are a simple, hard-working people, proud of our institutions of liberty and security and the stability of our Government."With a sad smile he concluded: "The royal guest had not got out of Chilean waters before I was obliged to take refuge in the American Legation. I was forced to leave Chile only a few days after the Italian Prince, who must have had a quiet chuckle to himself concerning the 'stability of our institutions...
Chile. The Chilean Government sent orders abroad for 40 of its 51 military attaches to return. Henceforth military officers will be retained only at the Legations in the U. S., Britain, France, Brazil, Argentina and Ecuador. Five officers were permitted to complete military studies in France. Economic reasons dictated these orders. All unnecessary Legations are likewise to be suspended...
...Justice and at present the most prominent Democrat in the country. Thus did the Army officers accomplish by the pen what is usually undertaken in Latin America by the sword-a coup d'état. Not only this, they apparently received the plaudits of vast sections of the Chilean populace...
...bugle-blast rang out at the Marathon Gate. Into the Stadium loped Stenroos, a little Finnish woodcarver, still perky after 26 miles over hill and dale. He was crowned King of the Games with a laurel wreath, after an Italian, an American, another Finn, a Briton, a Chilean crawled...
...persons saw the encounter. Madden absorbed ter rific punishment at close quarters - he was soundly whacked on eye, jaw, crown, ribs and solar plexus. But he "stuck" - to the end. Loud and long were the cheers for both. Dundee vs. Vicentini. Johnny Dundee (ancient Italian) patted Luis Vicentini (Chilean, lightweight champion of South America) with a choice assortment of "educated" slaps in a twelve-round match at Madison Square Garden, Manhattan. Johnny, dressed in faded and battle-worn blue tights, was too clever for the South American, who managed with difficulty to tie two rounds and win one. The verdict...