Word: firming
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...less Britain's whip over his fellow Princes. In the secrecy of their courts and councils last week India's ruling Princes tensely and suspiciously watched the Indian elections. Strongest figure on the princely stage was the Nizam of Hyderabad's trusty Sir Akbar Hydari, firm demanding of the British Raj virtual amendment of the new Constitution by insertion in the Act of Accession, presenting for the signature of His Exalted Highness and other native rulers, such ultrasafe clauses as: "Nothing in this instrument affects the continuance of my Sovereignty in and over this State...
...Communists, whom Bob Jones hates and chiefly preaches against. All students not outstanding in Christian leadership are ousted, the rest shunted into major courses in Speech. Music or Religion. Many of them turn out to be Fundamentalist preachers, although some find that majoring in Religion gives them a firm foundation for such vocations as selling insurance. While "Dr. Bob," as his students call him, is on preaching tours, his 25-year-old son Bob Jr. becomes acting president of the college. Bob Jones Sr. writes a syndicated column for 200 southern newspapers, gets out a weekly called Fellowship News...
...rights of G. M.'s craft unionists. Having digested that message, the conferees met at Governor Murphy's call for their eleventh session. That night G. M.'s Donaldson Brown, emphasizing that G. M. was not walking out of the conference, walked out with a firm statement rehearsing the causes of the deadlock, declaring that Leader Lewis had rejected a proposal to poll the workers secretly under Governor Murphy's supervision. G. M. promised to respond "to an early call . . . to .resume conferences," if in the Governor's judgment "any good can result therefrom...
...commander of Nanking's crack soldiers drawing near Sian, General Ku, announced: "Upon entering Sian, I am disposed not to assert authority but only give advice, when asked, for a preliminary period of three months. After that, if conditions have not bettered, I am resolved to take a firm stand...
...moribund Kansas City real-estate firm called McCoy Land Co. sued as a taxpayer to prevent sale of bonds for a new Jackson County courthouse site on Oak Street. President of McCoy Land Co. was Lawyer William C. Scarritt of the prominent firm of Scarritt, Jones & North. Although a lower court ruled the McCoy suit had no merit, Lawyer Scarritt threatened an appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court. Fearing further delay would cause the selection of another courthouse site, property owners of the proposed site on Oak Street hired Lawyer Henry Spotswood Conrad, agreed...