Word: despatching
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...best time in the King's day," said an unofficial despatch from London, "is usually just after six in the evening. In the best periods the King realizes his weakness and insists on being treated as an extreme invalid. In his other moods, however, he does not recognize the situation and expects to be treated as a well person, which increases the difficulties of the doctors and nurses...
...single army in recent Mexican history ?were rumbling out of Mexico City in freight cars, led by ex-President General Plutarco Elias Calles, to do battle with the rebels in Durango, Chihuahua and Sonora. As bombing planes roared into the zenith, as President Herbert Clark Hoover hastened the despatch of 10,000 Enfield rifles and multitudinous rounds of ammunition to the Mexican government, as despatches announced that poison gas would be used, God Mexitl must have ruefully reflected that his own symbolic arms are a shield made of reeds tufted with eagle's down, and a handful of spears...
...York Times correspondent filed this cryptic despatch: "An aviation authority who prefers not to be quoted says there are 80 first-class Mexican pilots, who, with the use of as many planes, could soon end the rebellion...
Followers of the game were astonished. Mr. Pell had held the championship since 1915 with the exception of 1916, 1923 and 1926 when it was won by Stanley G. Mortimer. Mr. Sheldon had to despatch Mr. Mortimer before meeting Mr. Pell, which made his success doubly convincing...
Thus reported last week a special correspondent of the London Daily News (Liberal) specifically detailed to investigate Signer Benito Mussolini's drive for "Better Begetting" (TIME, Jan. 7). Writing from Como, Italy, just before crossing over into France to file his despatch, the correspondent continued...