Word: fulle
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...intense appreciation of the good things of life; good wine, good music, were appreciated to the full; his capacity for enjoyment was not marred by any pangs of doubt as to whether the course he happened to be pursuing was right. It was always right-always inevitable. He once said that he never regretted anything he had done-his only regret was for the opportunities for enjoyment which he had foregone or missed. Above all, he enjoyed the success of his own policy and was rightly proud of the service he had rendered to his country and the great personal...
Though Britain began full diplomatic relations with the Soviet in 1924, the necessity of shaking hands with the Tsar's murderers did not arise. At that time Russia had only a chargé d'affaires in London, and mere chargés need not meet the Crown. Ambassadors are different, but all last week Cousin George V remained adamant. "I have not forgotten," said...
...fully in accord with the ideals and aspirations of the Grand Revolutionary Party. Police prevented British Manager J. D. W. Holmes of the Mexicano Railway from hiring strike breakers. Finally President Fortes Gil intervened and settled the strike by decreeing that: 1) The company shall pay employes their full wages for the period they were on strike; 2) The company must sign a "collectivist contract" with the men, within 45 days, giving them a voice in the administration of the railway. It was this demand which Manager Holmes had fought tooth & nail until overawed by the Chief Magistrate...
Some cities failed to get their full quota, including...
...only one acolyte, celebrated mass at the spot where, 50 years before, he had been, ordained to the priesthood. After mass he went next door, visited the Lateran Palace. Then back to the Vatican he went, as quietly as he had come. Next day the Pope, robed in the full majesty of his Pontificate, in cream-colored silk cloak, gold-&-silver-embroidered, crowned with the Triregnum (triple crown), closed his golden jubilee with a solemn mass in St. Peter's Basilica, where 70.000 Catholics cheered him. Then he beatified the relics of Father John Ogilvie, Scottish priest hanged...