Word: greatest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...They found, finally, this seeming paradox: that Rear Admiral Frank H. Brumby had been demonstrated unfit to command the Control Force* and should be removed, yet that the rescue plans he approved and supervised "were logical, intelligent, and were diligently executed with good judgment and the greatest possible expedition...
Last week newspapers paid a debt to crime. It is one of their greatest news assets but seldom do editors have a chance to say nice things about men who have committed crimes...
General Diaz stands out as the greatest of Italy's generals in the World War. The Ceneral Powers beat his soldiers back almost to Venice, but with supreme skill and assurance he struck the Austrian forces the blows that drove them from Italy and that meant the fall of the Double Eagle and the withdrawal of Austria from the combat. After the Armistice he received the highest honors from his allies, among them the United States, which he visited...
...were chiefly responsible for the success. It is of little import whether the contributions of the Wrights were or were not minor improvements which only added the finishing touches to a mechanism almost complete. The fact remains that they gave final impetus to what is now one of the greatest of modern industries. It is equally true that there is honor enough for all, and for the institute to be generous and the inventor to be gracious would bring to both the greater glory...
...Liberians are the greatest drummers in the world, according to Dr. Strong. They have an astonishing sense of rhythm, despite their rude culture. Speaking of the means of communication he said that the roads are very poor, and a tremendous length of time is taken in construction. Very frequently the roads are washed out, and the natives keep building in the same poor roadbeds...