Word: defunct
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Rupprecht of Bavaria were hailed as King and Queen of Bavaria. The Prince was accompanied by Dictator von Kahr and many of the aristocracy. It was the first public appearance of the Dictator, and the occasion was a reunion and grand celebration of the veterans of the Leibregiment, the defunct Royal Bodyguard, disbanded by order of the Allies under the terms of the Versailles Peace Treaty. Twenty thousand men responded to the roll-call of the regiment. It was pointed out that if 20,000 men answered the call of one regiment, it is reasonable to presume that...
...sale of battleships and battle cruisers, which under the Limitation of Armaments Treaty must become defunct, will be conducted by the Navy Department before Dec. 1. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt explained that the ships would be sold for salvage and that the sale " will be the largest of its kind ever arranged, adding: " In other countries, notably Great Britain, the industry of ship-breaking has long been established; this industry is yet in its infancy in America. The Department believes the forthcoming sale may well establish such an industry on a sound basis in this country." The first sale will take...
...precarious position in America, their liabilities were enforceable, but their assets were not collectible here. The result was immediately apparent. An attachment was levied on property of the Russian government; another on that of a Mexican consulate-general. Judgment was entered in a suit against the now defunct Kolchak government. The rulings of the Court of Appeals have resolved this confusion, and property in New York State belonging to, or claimed by, de facto governments will not change hands...
...Baltimore, Philadelphia, as well as New Haven. And so far he has met little resistance. Newspaper comment is, curiously enough, rather favorable to the classics than otherwise, though the basis of favor is not always classical. One editorial writer insists, for instance, that Latin and Greek cannot be considered defunct so long as botanists use Latin names for plants and physicians rely upon the ancient tongues for titles for their drugs...
...reorganization agreements, corporation reports, reports of the various railroad commissions, listing applications of the New York Stock Exchange, equipment agreements, circular offerings of bond and investment companies, newspaper clippings about steel companies, insurance companies, water and gas companies, mining promotions, industrial corporations and public utilities, court decisions, reports of defunct railroads and some original briefs of cases affecting corporations...