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...fezzed and bearded, they last week shouted in Persian market places that Shah Reza Khan Pahlavi is trying to Europeanize Persia, debauch her youth, rob her people. Always ready for a fight, nomadic Arabs in South Persia rose in revolt, tried to draw into the fray the dreaded Bakhtiari, fiercest of Persian tribes...
Actual peace in Mexico moved nearer last week when General Enrique Goroztieta. fiercest of fighters, last important ; leader of Mexican Catholic rebels was shot down by the Federal troops of General Saturnino Cedillo...
...leadership in Albany, he has achieved great things for liberal causes. Above all, he has proved that his temperament and the bent of his mind compel him to the ways of liberalism. He has done very much to improve labor and social economic conditions, particularly for women; under the fiercest tests, he has shown a deep understanding of political liberty; he has infused his government with human sympathy which transcends even tolerance. His mind is fertilized by the concrete event. The impact of specific problems of government leads him to full inquiry, and freedom from obstinate prepossessions, like Mr. Hoover...
...many Britons are now keyed to the fiercest pitch of patriotism in defense of "All British Goods" that last week a wretched London vegetable woman, one Maud ("Maudie") Dallas, was actually hauled into court for displaying over a basket of Dutch tomatoes the sign...
...Andover line showed strength, holding firm against the fiercest attacks of the visitors, and charging well on offense. Richardson and Wheeler stood out prominently behind the Blue line. Wetmore and Ticknor played stellar football for Harvard...