Word: frontier
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Sullivan, the authoress, was born in Nebraska. Among her acquaintances on the frontier were Buffalo Bill and Major Frank North, both of whom she called "uncle". Her family was of pioneer stock, always pushing on to the new border-land of civilization. At the period of which she writes, a fierce conflict was being waged between the cattle interests and the general commercial interests that were striving to make the West a settled country. Although only a girl at the time, Mrs. Sullivan recalls vividly these stirring events in which her own family was engulfed...
...Hague, which proved to be not even an annoyance to the activities of Mars, the League has been forced to learn solely through its own mistakes. The Russo-Polish War, the Upper Silesla affair, the massacre at Smyrna the occupation of Corfu the Geneva protocol the Greco-Bulgarian frontier altercation, and the squabble during last year between Brazil and Spain have been the annual causes of "I told you sols" from the irreconcilables of post-bellum days: largely because the meetings of the League to consider problems have been too tardy...
...must be admitted that there are Spaniards who are one thing in Spain and another across the frontier. But these are feeble-hearted Spaniards, who forget that above political ideas is patriotism, which, born of Spanish glories of the past, should outweigh petty differences. Although it pains me to say it, there are Spaniards who are Spain's worst enemies and who, on leaving Spain, permit foreign influence to make them forget the past glories of the mother country. These weak-hearted, weak-minded, weak-memoried persons are averse to recalling Spain's past, which proves her worthy, and point...
...virtues of the Commonwealth armies. And there are messages from President Gaston Doumergue, onetime Premier Georges Clemenceau and many another French notable, as well as some poems by the Countess Mathieu de Noailles. The book ends with a drawing by Jean Louis Forain depicting a poilu watching the eastern frontier of France, which is held to emphasize the military and political value of British friendship to the French...
...first time Dr. Ferrero was held in Italy was last December when he wanted to lecture in Geneva. On the second occasion he wished to visit the U. S. Said he then: "The Government seems to fear my passing the frontier. For the moment I am virtually a prisoner in Italy...