Word: drawned
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...debate closed the Conservative majority, of course, voted the bill past its second reading, a foregone conclusion. Britons, habitually close followers of their legislators, deemed this the most dynamiteful debate since the days of the great General Strike. They saw the lines of class struggle more sharply drawn than ever be fore in the House of Commons. They knew that Chancellor of the Exchequer Winston Churchill did not overstate the gravity of the coming struggle when he said, later in the week: "A battle has been joined in which we shall be fighting probably for the remainder of our lives...
This tour, which will be made up of 13 Harvard men, is so planned as to meet the intellectual as well as the practical needs of the travelers, A letter drawn up by F. V. Field '27, representative of the executive committee of the National Student Federation, and L. F. Daley '27, president of the Student Council, is being sent out today to a special list of men in the University who are invited to take this trip. The men will sail from New York on June 18 on the S. S. Vendam and will return...
...evaders were being smuggled over the Mexican border in airplanes. Hastening to the Eagle airport, landing field near Los Angeles, they hid in the weeds and bushes, waiting. Toward dawn three airplanes arrived. Before the first to land had come to a full stop, officials ran forward with drawn guns. According to their version, the aviator attempted to take to the air, whereupon they fired, killed the aviator, captured the two other pilots, found no Chinese. In the running gear of the planes were tangled bunches of green oats, proving, officials maintain, that the aviators had landed in a nearby...
...Said President Dr. Jonkheer J. Loudon, sturdy Netherlander: "It is evident that the world political situation is not yet ripe. . . . We must prepare public opinion not to expect wonders at once. . . . Discussion has shown that an agreement cannot be reached until public opinion in many lands has drawn nearer to a common focus, permitting governments to modify their positions. . . ." Progress. Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, recipient of the first Wilson "Peace Prize"* (TIME, Dec. 15, 1924) and British delegate on the Preparatory Commission, described the Commission's "progress" last week in optimistic terms. Said he: "The Commission has carried...
...railway tracks, roads, rivers, etc.; and when crossing any of these land highways shall cross over at right angles to the land highway. 4) Aerodinas belonging to the League of Nations will be designated on their wings by the letters "A D N" through which two parallel lines are drawn. Aerodinas thus designated will, it is recommended, be eventually granted permission to cross any frontier without formality...