Word: controls
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...coal mine, got scant damages, went away for two years, educated himself, learned English, and came back as one of the most formidable leaders of the miners ?Cappellini, young, black-haired, impulsive, hating the mine owners, was there, supported by a delegation which the moderates feared might control the convention. He was the man who led the fight against acceptance of the terms on which the five months' strike of last year was terminated. Opposed to him was Lewis, the big boss, who barely defeated him then. It is said that Lewis, " the best poker face West...
...Internationalization of the Chinese maritime customs under an international board of control, the surplus funds, after payment of foreign obligations, to be held in trust until a Government is recognized...
...health officials of Nigeria to stamp out the plague. Dr. Shapara was initiated into the society and took part in its secret ritual in order to learn how to combat it. With this knowledge the Government of the colony was able to abolish the clan and to control smallpox...
...most famous aces, decorated with the Military Medal, the Legion of Honor and the Croix de Guerre, fought unharmed through the great war from May, 1915, when he obtained his pilot's certificate. Piloting a commercial airplane on a prosaic civilian task, his plane got out of control and fell into a wood near the village Dameraucourt near Beauvais. Casale was crushed and killed. His mechanician escaped without injury...
Governor Reily got into trouble because he chose his Cabinet from Republicans and Socialists, refusing to recognize those who demanded independence. The Unionists objected and delegations flowed into Washington protesting that the dominant party should control the entire Cabinet. When the trouble was at its height, Governor Reily came home on vacation and was injured in an accident. He returned to Porto Rico, but resigned a few months ago because of his health...