Word: grand
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...prevent the British Moslems and the French North African troops from fighting against the Central Powers, nor did it hold back the Arabs from declaring their independence and fighting as Allies of the British in Palestine. The Jehad proved to be a "dud" shell; but when the Grand National Assembly at Angora abolished the Califate and sent the Calif, Abdul Medjid, to Switzerland in exile (TIME, March 10), the dud proved to be a bomb. The reverberations of the explosion still resound throughout all Christendom as well as the Moslem world...
...President Charles William Eliot '53 today celebrates his ninetieth birthday. The whole nation unites in acclaiming him, who was president of Harvard 40 years and a leader of thought over 60, the Grand Old Man of America...
...Constantinople, Vali (Governor) Dr. Adran Bey, went to the Dolma Baghche Palace, home of the Calif. He there demanded to see the Calif in the Throne Room. When the Calif arrived, the Vali ordered him to ascend the throne, read the decision of the Grand National Assembly to him, ordered him to descend the throne and pack his things...
After 18 months' preparation, an exhibition of representative Russian Art is now open at the Grand Central Palace, Manhattan. The committee of Russian Artists who assembled the paintings has included not only Slavic artists already familiar to Americans, but also those who are known only in their native land...
...treatment ends, she tries to walk, falls, and the Russian's ego topples with her. But as he claps on his hat for an exit growing love of him lends her pinions. She walks far enough to reach his arms for the grand finale...