Word: consents
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...situation at present is?so far as an armistice between the Franco-Belgians and Germany is concerned ?that France still insists on the abandonment of passive resistance in the Ruhr as a primary condition to a subsequent conference. Germany, on the other hand, will not consent to the French demand. As a result of Anglo-French and Anglo-German feelers it can be stated definitely that this difficulty is not insuperable and is likely to be solved by a compromise...
Soviet Russia protested hotly against Finland's bringing the question of East Karelia before the Court. The Court, however, is setting a precedent by hearing the case, although it is supposed to hear cases only by consent of both parties...
...second day of the 1912 Convention " he had such an ovation as the Republican Convention gives only to its greatest leaders and never bestowed before upon one so young. (He was 40.) The Taft men offered Hadley the nomination if Roosevelt would consent. But Roosevelt would not. And Hadley in turn, although Roosevelt's floor-leader in the regular Convention, would not join the third party, and remained a "regular" Republican. He told Roosevelt he was a progressive but not an insurgent. "What's the difference?" asked the Colonel. "An insurgent," said Hadley, "is a progressive who is exceeding...
...butcher, with an intelligent eye; morally lie has an iron will at the beck of simple ideas, which are sometimes vague; much sullen conceit, more pride; a good dose of courage; no more scruples than absolutely required; the art, of flattering men's passions and of gaining their consent; a rustic, sardonic eloquence which persuades and reaches the inmost fibres of his listeners?a Danton with less fire. Slav and peasant...
Engaged. Princess Maud Alexandra Victoria Georgia Bertha, 30, daughter of the Princess Royal and the late Duke of Fife, a niece of King George V, to Captain Lord Charles Alexander Carnegie, 29, eldest son of the Earl of Southesk. King George has given his requisite consent to the marriage...