Word: diets
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Victory for the Allies and the appearance of a British expeditionary force in Finland were signals for Democracy. On June 17, 1919 the Finnish Diet proclaimed the present Finnish Republic and ex-Regent Svinhufvud took up the life of a country gentleman on his Finnish farm...
...frog in my fish pond answers readily to the name Bill Taft. Our favorite pet however, was a large flying fish christened Gloria Swanson. Her diet was difficult, but this was offset by a most affectionate disposition. Gloria visited the house frequently, flying from her pond through a patch of bamboo, between coconut trees, entering open windows and doors, frequently alighting at the canary's cage, exchanging chirps with the imprisoned singer. Gloria's death was a natural one. She "caught cold" while moulting and all efforts to rescue her from double pneumonia were vain. Bill Taft...
Early last week Finland's Minister of Interior. Freiherr Ernst von Born, told Finland's Diet that the State was threatened by a coup d'état from increasingly violent anti-Prohibition groups. "Prohibition and the economic crisis." said Freiherr von Born, "have greatly irritated the nation, making it susceptible to direct action propaganda. . . . Extremists are openly challenging the Government, thereby inciting large sections of the populace to lawlessness. . . . Secret bodies have been planning to form 'direct action cells' in both the Army and the Civic Guards. The Government is determined, however, that the constitutional...
...days later Premier Julio Sunila presented to the Diet a Government bill to set Dec. 29 and 30 as days on which the Finnish people may choose by national referendum one of three courses...
After his long devotions Laborer Talbot would go about his long day's work. His free time he spent in further prayer; Sundays he knelt at all the morning masses, and returned for afternoon and evening devotions. Cocoa, tea, bread comprised his diet. If friends persuaded him to eat more he expiated by fasting. His charities were even more secret than his pious practices. He managed to subsist on six shillings ($1.50) a week before the War, ten shillings after. The rest of his small wages went to the poor, to a Chinese mission and to the training...