Word: diets
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Before the Diet (Parliament) adjourned for the Prince Regent's marriage (TIME, Feb. 4), Premier Kiyoura's Cabinet had excited violent criticism because it was alleged to have been formed under the aegis of the Genro or Elder Statesmen, and was, therefore, a Cabinet of the Peers...
...before the Diet reassembled a train carrying some Opposition leaders was wrecked, but no life was lost. This caused the Opposition Parties to employ soshi ("political bullies") to attempt to force the homes of the Elder Statesmen...
...diet of spinach, tomatoes, carrots, sardines, milk...
...fish and fishery products, mollusks and crustaceans; marine fishes contain more iodin than fresh water fishes. Oysters, clams and lobsters contain 200 times as much iodin as beef steak or milk; shrimp 100 times as much; crabs and most ocean fishes 50 times as much. By careful planning of diet in districts where goiter abounds, the giving of iodin in this way may result in efficient prevention...
...Prince. Crown Prince Hirohito, who, since November, 1921, has acted as Regent on account of his father's illness, was found to have escaped death "by one inch." The Prince continued on his way as if nothing had happened. Arriving in the Upper House of the Diet, he read an address to the members of the House in a calm voice, then returned to the Imperial Palace under heavy guard. No one present at the reading of the address knew of the shooting, but after the Prince had departed and the news became known, all expressed their highest admiration...