Word: electively
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...When I am nervous," replied President-elect von Hindenburg, "I whistle...
...course the Royal Government will continue to deny Croatia-Dalmatia any such status de jure, but every year these two irrepressibly self-reliant provinces approach nearer to a de facto "dominion status." At present Croats and Dalmatians haughtily refuse to elect representatives of themselves in the Royal Parliament at Belgrade...
...Sublime and Imperial Majesty the Empress Zaudita, daughter of the late Emperor Menelik II. conferred last week upon her cousin Ras Tafari, the trusted Regent of her Empire, a potent title; "King of Kings of Ethiopia, Conquering Lion of Judah and the Elect...
Finally the Mexican Congress elected Senor Emilio Fortes Gil (pronounced "heel") to be Provisional President of Mexico, a step necessitated by the assassination of President-Elect Alvaro Obregon (TIME, July 30). A popular presidential election was ordered to be held the third Sunday of November...
...Provisional President-Elect will hold office from Dec. i, 1928, until Jan. 31, 1930, when the regularly-elected President will take office, assassins permitting...