Word: directe
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Finally through a maze of diplomatic material M. Viviani, with true legal logic, proves his case for the prosecution. Some brief notes and excerpts: Of Bismarck: The author shows that Bismarck exercised a great influence in the early days of Wilhelm's reign. Some of his maxims are given: " Direct parliamentary government is to be avoided at any price, even at the price of a dictatorship." " German unity will not be achieved by speeches nor by decisions of the majority, but by blood and iron." " Where it is a question of Prussia's power, I recognize...
Another contention of the Georgians is that they and some other races of Transcaucasia are the direct descendants of Thargamos, great-grandson of Japheth, son of Noah...
...Royal Family of Yugo-Slavia has, at present, no son and heir. The birth of a boy to Queen Marie will, therefore, ensure a direct descendant for the Karageorgevitch dynasty...
Although there are no direct comparisons between the scores of the two teams, the Crimson Freshmen with their record of nine victories and two defeats are considered to have the stronger combination...
...American backwoods developed men with plenty of red-blooded fighting spirit, but unfortunately furnished them with a fighting code which demanded just one retaliation for every slur on a man's name, home or country, namely, immediate and direct action with ax, gun, or flst. Where each man who was not a coward was considered equal to his neighbor, there was no discounting an insult because of the stupidity or lack of breeding in the man responsible for it. An earlier and more polished society which recognized the duelling code distinguished between affronts coming from a "gentleman", and those arising...