Word: dogged
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...counter-revolts, executions and dictatorships, nowhere else are either so virulent or so persistent. Only through a rule of iron was Diaz able to maintain order, and at his policy of allowing foreigners to exploit Mexican resources the natives surged with discontent. The Mexican peon is like the dog in the manger; although he cannot govern himself, he will not long tolerate another's doing it; although he himself can not exploit the country's mineral wealth, he is determined that no one else shall...
During his Arctic wanderings, Mr. MacMillan his covered more than 10,000 miles by dog teams in company with Polar Eskimos. The explorer has also made an extensive study of the Smith Sound Tribe and particularly of the bird and animal life of the far North...
Throughout his Arctic wanderings, Mr. MacMillan has covered more than 10,000 miles by dog teams in company with the Polar Eskimos. He has made an extensive study of the Smith Sound Tribe and particularly of the bird and animal life of the farther North...
...story is of the return to America of Bill, who is a war hero due to his stumbling upon the heart of the German spy system while hunting for his dog "Harold" (shown in the movies before the curtain rises). The flattery of the delegation which meets him quite goes to Bill's head, in spite of the fact that he is disappointed when he learns it is from the mayor," as he doesn't "want anything more to do with horses." Fortunately Mable isn't neglected for long, and the audience is spared wasting sympathy over there plight, because...
Throughtout his Arctic wanderings Mr. MacMillan has covered more than 10,000 miles by dog team in company with the Polar Eskimos He has made an extensive study of the Smith Sound tribe and especially of the bird and animal life of the far North...