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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Department have, under pressure, made vague concessions to public opinion by agreeing to arbitrate in Nicaragua and Mexico. Very little that resembles a definite action has been taken, Perhaps the idea is that the baseball scandal or the idea is that the baseball scandal or a divorce case may draw attention from the Central American situation, and leave the government free to act us it sees fit. But in the meantime resentment is brewing in nearly every country to the south of us, even as far away from the scene of action as Argentine and Brazil; and in Europe statesmen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE POLITIC PROFESSOR | 1/25/1927 | See Source »

...pound event resulted in a draw between W.S. Green '28 of Harvard and Del Maraeronsian. After two three-minute overtimes had failed to give one man an edge on the other, the three points were split between them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WRESTLING TEAM WINS FROM M. I. T., 18 1-2 TO 4 1-2 | 1/20/1927 | See Source »

There is a little used piece of political machinery now present in many a state constitution. It provides that when citizens are vexed with their governor or judges or other officials, they may draw up a petition demanding a special election to oust the official in ques- tion or give him a fresh vote of confidence. As soon as a certain percentage (varying in different states between 10% and 25%) of the voters have signed the petition, the special poll is held. This is known as the recall. More than half of the states west of the Mississippi River have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Recall Falters | 1/17/1927 | See Source »

...committee of the Diet reported favorably last week the funeral budget bill, providing for a total expenditure of 2,980,000 yen ($1,490,000) on the state funeral which will be held late in February. Among other expenses will be the permanent support of the oxen used to draw the Imperial Hearse, since these animals never thereafter perform labor of any kind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Mourning Squeaks' | 1/10/1927 | See Source »

...listen with an open mind, to one of Mr. Evans' speeches, not on dentistry, but on politics. Draw your own conclusions after that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 3, 1927 | 1/3/1927 | See Source »

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