Word: fears
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Conscious that he was about to sound thus the tuba of Empire, Signor Mussolini sought to demonstrate, earlier in the week, that at least he has no designs upon crag-defended Switzerland. Said he to a Swiss newsgatherer: "The Swiss will never have occasion to fear Italy, nor any blow from here, nor any wicked enterprise. I love Switzerland. I have for Switzerland a preference which I have for no other country outside of my own. It is one of my sentimental frailties...
...factor in this demand for soft coal is the continuing British coal strike. Four million tons of U. S. coal have been going to Great Britain.* But equally important is the domestic fear of a strike. Because of this nervous demand employers of non-union miners are finding some trouble in getting sufficient labor. Thus last week the open shop Pittsburgh Coal Co., a Mellon family holding company, offered increased wages. Higher wage scales were posted at many another mine...
When Horween signed a one-year contract as head coach, many expressed the fear that his lack of experience would handicap him in his attempt to lead the University eleven, but the great and steady improvement of the team and the potentialities which it has shown have led the Committee to believe that he is entitled to a long-term contract...
...city a revolt was nearly launched last week by agitators in the pay of the Cantonese who were only checked when Major V. K. Ting of Shanghai discovered their plot and ordered cut the railway over which they expected to receive re-enforcements. These developments, adding to the fear of an immediate onslaught by Chang Kaishek, left foreigners and Chinese alike terror-stricken in Shanghai...
...failure to consult him about Sam's peerage; despite domineering Tom Hogarth, Minister of Munitions; despite gloomy Hasper Clews of the Exchequer, and bitterly disdainful military at the War office. He really accomplishes very little at his ministry beyond somewhat quelling Anglophobia in the French press, dispelling fear of pacifism at home, and tendering a magnificent banquet to an invasion of officious overseas journalists. But he charms the journalists into lusty, emotional cheering. His picture in the press becomes the symbol of Allied optimism. His health is a topic of interest at the Palace. He is Andy Clyth...