Word: ets
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fear. The Deputies of France saw the franc tumble down to 3.39½¢ at Manhattan, a world record for all time, and were at last stricken with the fear that if they refused again to vote adequate taxes, as they have refused for months (TIME, March 15, et ante), the franc might go the way of the pre-Dawes mark...
...great pleasure and to France relief!" cried M. le Depute Baron in the Chamber last week upon his return from investigating conditions in the French Syrian Mandate. Promptly many another Deputy arose to question the Government upon its conduct of the wars in Syria (TIME, Feb. 15, et ante) and Morocco (TIME, March 29 et ante) by which the French are endeavoring to subdue the Syrian chieftain, Sultan El Atrash, and the Moroccan leader, Abd-el-Krim. Deputies of the Right thundered for more vigorous prosecution of these wars, which have simmered without notable engagements of late. Deputies...
Fascismo made of the hodcarrier a god. Not quite. Gods have no need of earthly champions, whereas, when Fascismo was rocked by the Matteotti scandal (TIME, June 23, 1924 et seq.), the hodcarrier was perhaps only conserved in his godhood by the railway mechanic...
...Retroactive? Despatches indicated that the Calles Government has issued regulations covering the enforcement of the anti-alien land laws (TIME, Jan. 25) to Mexican judges, largely nullifying the alleged "retroactive" features of these laws, which have been made the subject of numerous official U. S. protests (TIME, Jan. 25 et seq.) Legal opinion had not crystallized last week as to the actual status of this legislation...
...large group of Yale graduates have often suggested that we adopt the English system. Here, however, with a less diversified student body, and division into College. Common Freshman Year Sheffild Scientific School, and with our daily chapel and our prospering Yale Dining Hall, with an open-house fraternity system, et al, we have not yet reached the state turn here eyes eastward. Yale News, April...