Word: governing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...bloody victory there should have been something for George II and he at once sent an agent to Athens to see about his Crown. But victorious Premier Tsaldaris was by no means ready to kiss the royal hand. He sent to the polls candidates for something he called the Government Party, while loyal old General John Metaxas put up Royalist Party candidates. Only nine Royalists were elected, while the Govern-ment Party won 285 seats out of 300 in the new Greek Assembly. Did that mean that George II had no chance to get back his Throne...
...Before we fully make up our minds, therefore, to govern permanently '130,000,000 people from Washington ... let us bear in mind that these things cannot be done, cannot even be overseen by the President...
...curious telescoping of events and ideas, Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Biblical prophecies govern all earthly events. They, under Judge Rutherford's leadership, distrust formalized religion, lump clergymen with financiers, politicians, the League of Nations and Lucifer, the last of whom they believe to be actively at large. In their scrutinies of Holy Writ, the Bible Students have concluded that three "cosmos" divide history. Cosmos I began with Adam, ended with the Flood. Cosmos II ended in 1914. The Bible Students once predicted that Cosmos III would end with the Kingdom of God in 2874 but currently they...
Saturday was Argentina's Independence Day in memory of that May day in 1810 when crowds in Buenos Aires forced the resignation of the last Spanish viceroy and set up a native junta to govern the country. Presidents Justo & Vargas reviewed Brazilian cadets, aviators and most of the Argentine army from a stand in Congress Square. President Vargas was groggy on his feet and suffering from a bad cold but he kept bravely on with the celebration...
...made no difference how the various representative freshman organizations were chosen if they had no voice in the management of their class, we saw no reason to make any resolutions. The final question is whether or not a newly formed group, like the Freshman Class, is able to govern itself intelligently and efficiently. In our estimation the decision rested with these who have had more experience in student government, and who might be able to suggest some sort of workable compromise. Until this fundamental problem is answered, we feel that it is useless to attempt to improve the method...