Word: em
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...south entrance of the palace, a huge young Galla lifted his open hand and struck the great dull-brown Negarit (Em-peror's) war drum. OMMMM . . . OMMMMM . . . Forty smaller kettledrums from the palace answered, rommo-mmommommommomm. The booming throbbed, swelled, seemed to shake the air. On each of the mountain tops that hang over Addis Ababa other drummers smacked their drumheads. The monotonous, terrible call to war spread out from the capital, from mountain top to mountain top, across the wild gorges, jungles and plateaus of Ethiopia, until it rolled into the capitals of the six great rases (princes...
...week, and in drill formation for the first time in their lives, were thousands of Ethiopian troops called up by Emperor Power of Trinity. Short of rifles, famished for cartridges, many drilled with sticks, encouraged by U. S. Negro World War veterans with such martial commands as "Give 'em the works, boys...
Since that time the daring and resource of G-Men have been the subject of a whole cinema cycle (G Men, Let 'Em Have It, Men Without Names, Public Hero No. 1), a radio program by Phillips ("Seth Parker") Lord, countless newspaper feature stories and serials more notable for their action than for their accuracy. The Bureau disclaims all responsibility for this matchless quantity of spectacular press-agentry. It recognizes, along with the Army and Navy, that public attention and public favor make it easier to get money out of Congress. But the public's enthusiasm...
Headquarters: Stick 'em in the vault and lock...
...little whiter in his politics than President Roosevelt. Both leaders limp heavily, the Australian because of an automobile accident, but both mask physical heaviness with the spirit which makes Premier Lyons' favorite greeting a slap between the shoulder blades and a cry to Mrs. Lyons to "make 'em feel at home!" While the President finds solace in postage stamps the Premier in leisure moments rereads Sir Walter Scott...