Word: formalities
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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That this was no empty boast was apparent from the action taken by a meeting of 34 Liberal M. P's, a majority of whom indicated by their speeches that they would back Lloyd George against Lord Oxford and Asquith in the event of a formal Liberal split...
Informal discussions leading to a formal challenge have already been begun between the Hurlingham Polo Committee in England and the United States Polo Association here, said Mr. Stoddard. So far, however, nothing definite has been decided upon...
...General Ibos' disposal. After ten minutes of discussion as to the disposition of the captives' wives and personal suite, who he insisted should be brought from the hills to accompany him, Mohammed ben Abd-El-Krim set off with General Ibos for Taza, the intended scene of his formal surrender...
...Formal Surrender. At Camp Giradot, near Taza, Mohammed ben Abd-El-Krim performed the official gesture of laying down his arms. A minimum of ceremony was observed by the French, since Spain has long exerted pressure to have the upstart "Sultan" treated as a mere tribal chief upon his surrender. General Boichut resolved this situation with great tact, announced that he had sprained his ankle, sent a group of subordinate officers to receive the sword of Krim...
...departure of the crew for the Red Top training quarters would be just what it should be, only "a voicing of support and approval both necessary and encouraging to a Harvard crew in a difficult situation" seems to have been justified and more. There was nothing of the synthetic, formal nature present that makes the type of mob psychology usually prevalent in such affairs a doubtful manner of approaching athletic contests whether of great or small importance in the eyes of professional sport followers. Given an opportunity through the advertising potentialities of a rather informally constructed band the College...