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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Captain Stayton bowed to his chief foe. "The Anti-Saloon league is as afraid of a referendum as a woman is of a mouse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Wet Plans | 12/12/1927 | See Source »

...abdicated onetime Crown Prince Carol of Rumania (father of Baby King Michael) continued to reside in his country villa near Dinard, France, last week. To a correspondent, who asked if the death of Jon Bratiano, foe to Carol, would cause him to return at once to Bucharest, the abdicated prince replied: "You see, I am not preparing to leave for Bucharest. I must await developments in the situation in my country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUMANIA: Vintila After Jon | 12/5/1927 | See Source »

Died. Rear Admiral William Hannum Grubb Bullard, 60, suddenly, of heart trouble, at Washington, D. C. Died. Jon Bratiano, 63, powerful Premier and "iron man" of Rumania, four times (1908-10, 1912-18, 1922-26, July-November 1927) Prime Minister, foe of the exiled onetime Crown Prince Carol; in Bucharest; after three operations had been performed upon his throat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Dec. 5, 1927 | 12/5/1927 | See Source »

...omit one very important statement - namely, that the defendant fought valiantly in the French army during the World War, that he was awarded the Croix de Guerre? Petlura, a Russian, turned against his own people, assisted the enemy. Schwartzbard, a Russian, fought bravely against his country's foe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 21, 1927 | 11/21/1927 | See Source »

That Rosicrucianism, with its elves, pixies and goblins, should emerge from encyclopedic obscurity to become the foe of the representatives of Oklahoma goes to show how changed are the public evils which the politician of to-day must be prepared to fight. If the state secures the removal of Mrs. Hammonds, it is not certain that the victory will be so sweet. If her power is that of a "superior mental force, as a certain group of citizens say, the situation is rather more humiliating than crucial. And if the power behind the throne is really that of Rosicrucianism...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE FAERY LAND FORLORN | 11/7/1927 | See Source »

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