Word: flagging
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...citizens were doubly jubilant because Chinese census takers had just announced that Shanghai is now the sixth largest metropolis in the world (2,726,046). Celebrants in many a Chinacity and Chinatown applauded floats from which bobbed haired "Girls of the Revolution" flaunted the red, blue and white Nationalist flag and cried shrilly "China for the Chinese...
...dropped anchor in a more dubious appearing rendezvous already filled with many of their fellows. Being likewise thirsty their shadow followed. The newcomers were greeted variously. As they made their way into the group subtle, inference and thinly yelled insult were cast in their direction. The crew of a flag-ship always has a lot to live down. The badinage became more irritating; the rebuttal more spirited. Finally some intrepid soul had the temerity to observe that the crew of the Texas were fed in the manner of swine in comparison with the luxurious fare meted out aboard the Arkansas...
...trip, according to the newspaper account published in the Boston commercial Gazette of August 9 1821, was made in adverse weather conditions. On the last trip to Boston the cadets were presented with two standards by the selectmen on behalf of the city and state. Today a special flag will be awarded the corps on behalf of the City of Boston by Mayor Malcolm E. Nichols '99, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will mark the occasion by presenting the cadets with two new flag staffs...
Sofia, small, picturesque capital of Bulgaria, sprang suddenly into color last week. Bulgaria's white-green-red flag fluttered from a thousand windows. In balconies were flowers. From public buildings streamed bunting. In the churches were services; in the streets, a parade. All the shops were closed...
Panorama says, in its masthead, that it is "founded on a belief in the United States of America, its flag and its institutions." But, also, Panorama admits a desire to emulate The Illustrated London News and similar European publications. It was difficult to discover what class of scatter-brained women Panorama was intended primarily to interest. The first issue contained an able and informative article on Arthur Brisbane by John K. Winkler (biographer of Hearst). On the next page was a remarkable photograph of a giant tortoise. Fannie Brice told her "own story" and some Indians were observed worshipping...