Word: crosse
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...other Power could possibly interfere. With its Mediterranean Base at Malta, the British Navy always has, and always will, control the sea, and would have no difficulty in maintaining a Monroe Doctrine for Egypt. On both sides Egypt is flanked by a limitless desert which no army could cross. . . . The British rule Egypt well; make no mistake about that. But it is for Empire revenue, not for self-defense. Even the Egyptians are beginning to see the military absurdity of the plea that it is necessary to occupy Khartoum in order to keep Mussolini out of Alexandria...
...smiles of farewell were the first to cross his face in many an hour. George E. Brennan had died and was now buried...
...mooned at Her Royal Highness, the Princess Marie Jose of Belgium, last week, craning their necks and peering Moonward, as she ascended for the first time in an airplane-favorite vehicle of Their Belgian Majesties who often fly cross-Channel...
Protestants might scoff, or heretics sneer. The slant eyelids of infidels might even lower in sedate winks. But General Umberto Nobile clung to the medal as tangible proof that his pious deed of dropping a large Papal cross on the North Pole (TIME, June 4) has found highest favor in the eyes of the Most Blessed Father and Supreme Pontiff, Achille Ambrogio Damiano Ratti, Pope Pius XI. Enthusiastic, His Holiness sent along with the medal his "warmest congratulations," and finally imparted a solemn Papal blessing...
...Pretender to the Throne of France and all his sons are automatically and forever banished from the soil of the Republic. None the less the French Republican Government is not an enemy country. King Jean III during the War carried messages and was later allowed to do Red Cross work among "his people." With all to gain and nothing to lose, except his life, he was often in the front line trenches but escaped unscathed...