Word: drawned
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...place her armed forces at the disposal of the nation defending an attack (i. e., Germany or France). She reiterated the condition that Germany must become a member of the League before the Four Power Pact could come into effect. She pointed out that the treaty would be drawn up within the stipulations of the League Covenant. This means that, if France wishes to send an armed force across...
...some book or read in the newspapers. One is repeatedly told that the badinage is entirely "point-device." Writer Snaith patches his wretched English with motley tatters of French. But the thrill's the thing; shut your eyes and you will surely get it. However splintery, the how drawn is one of the longest ever dragged from the woods...
After telling your readers how much Mrs. Woodrow Wilson has desired to keep out ot public notice, you proceed to give intimate parts of her history, even telling of the fracturing of "a small bone in her shoulder, rudely tearing aside the curtain that you say she wished drawn about her own private affairs; following her on board the steamer and there showing how clever you are by pointing out the number of her rooms and showing her in bed with "white gardenias on her dresser...
Niemzowitsch of Denmark and Rubinstein of Poland came into their own, gloriously tying for first place with eleven victories and four losses each (including "½ victories" and "½ defeats" for drawn games). Between them, they carried off the spoils of war, the first and second prizes, totaling 8,500 crowns...
Before we were drawn into the war, and still more since, we have heard much of the need of preparedness, and rightly so. But preparation should not be merely of material things, but of opinions. Most of all we need thinking to prepare for crises ahead. In fact there was never more need of forethought than now, for the public men of the present day are, as a rule, apt to take short views. For such a need educated men, and among them college graduates, are peculiarly responsible, because they have been furnished above others with the means of forming...