Word: defeating
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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President Doumergue summoned ex-Premier Paul Painleve to the Elysee, requested him to form a Cabinet. The latter accepted provisionally the mandate, cast about him but, in view of certain defeat in the Senate, gave up his Cabinetmaking attempt...
...representative of Alsace and Lorraine− whom he proposed to substitute for the present Ambassador (TIME, June 30, Sept. 8, Mar. 22, et seq.)−to represent France also. This was a complete negation of his ministerial declaration of last June (TIME, June 30) and gave the impression of defeat, for it showed the lengths to which he had been forced in order to keep his Ministry together...
...measure; accord- ingly, he suggested−since it was a case affecting the vital interests of the country and demanding careful deliberation−that discussion of the Bill be indefinitely delayed. The Senators readily agreed−a remarkable victory for the Premier, as they had seemed certain to defeat the measure...
...what was victory for the Premier was defeat for the Minister of War. Mussolini covered his own retreat to a better position, but left his rear guard, Di Giorgio, slain on the field. The virtual effect of the offer of delay was to withdraw the Reform Bill and General di Giorgio was prompt to resign. His resignation was accepted; and. Premier Mus- solini, who is also Minister of Foreign Affairs, became Minister of War ad interim...
...late Senator Clark would probably have been the last to wish to defeat the best interests of the museum, and incidentally his own collection, for posthumous fame. That he has done so, however unwittingly, is quite evident. With all due respect to him and gratitude for his generous gift, the Metropolitan directors should decline his collection. Such an action will set a precedent, or perhaps emphasize a half-forgotten one, that American museums should follow, like the National Gallery in London, only the best interests of art and the public for whom they exist...