Word: fulle
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this point Nevada stepped in, asking California to be more specific and announcing that, though content with a 2% water allotment, she would insist on a full third of the lower basin power rights. New Mexico spoke, too, telling California that no arbitration board was needed or desired. Arbitration was the purpose of the Denver meeting itself, to keep the whole project out of Federal juris- diction...
...World Scene was like a balloon full of illuminating gas with leaks which are invisible until ignited. The electricity from Boston ignited demonstrations from Detroit (see p. 10) to New South Wales, from Sweden to Mexico City...
Pomposity. With the pomposity of an early Roman Emperor, Premier Benito Mussolini last week published the full draft of proposed new Italian criminal laws, designed to give him jurisdiction the world over, empowering him to prosecute and punish Italians and foreigners alike...
...This very day we should undertake to allow full freedom of speech if our world enemies would give a promise not to intervene to overthrow the Soviet regime. But all humanity is divided into two camps, the proletariat and the imperialistic bourgeoisie, and those who attempt to turn us back to capitalism will be received with hard knocks. For the success of their schemes, our enemies need that so-called democratic freedom here...
...Japanese naval maneuvers in the Sea of Japan, 20 miles northeast of Mihoseki. The fleet broke up into attacking and defending parties. The defending warships threw out a smoke screen to hide the flashes of their guns. Bombardment be- gan under battle conditions. Cutting through the sea at full speed, the 850-ton destroyers Warabi and Ashi rode out to meet the "enemy," dashing fearlessly through the man-made fog. Out of the gloom rose of a sudden two ironclad monsters, the 6,000-ton cruisers Jintsu and Naka. Too late to turn, useless to reverse en- gines-into...