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Dates: during 1920-1929
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King Alfonso. "Spain of course is fortunate in having a King who, in my opinion, is one of the most brilliant men of his years in Europe. He is a very keen, shrewd and observing business man, as well as one of the greatest diplomats that it has ever been my fortune to meet. There is no question but that he is beloved by his people...
Premier* General Primo de Rivera. "I think Dictator Rivera is the greatest strategist in the world. He is one of the greatest patriots I have ever known. It is he who is working out the problems hundreds of years old, and he is doing it quietly and carefully after a revolution in which not one civilian was shot or sent to prison. He feels that the military should not govern nor be the first line of defense. The army, he holds, is the last line of defense, and he is bringing the citizens to see it that...
...defense summed up: "I do not hesitate to refer to my client as one of the greatest criminologists in England. . . . It is well known that he was chiefly instrumental in securing the conviction of Sir Roger Casement (TIME, Dec. 28). . . . He is a son of the late Archbishop of York. . . . It is inconceivable that a man in Sir Basil's position and with his repuation and knowledge of the world could possibly find himself seated before a court on such a charge...
...leaving. The saying is often heard nowadays, 'we can not scuttle' not only by the French but by the Americans and British as well. The French attachment to Syria is largely a cultural one which extends back beyond Napoleon's empire. French is the cultural language of Syria, the greatest universities and schools are French, and there is the additional religious interest which the French Roman Catholics have in their many Syrian churches and schools which holds France in a country where she is obviously not wanted...
...recently 'established a world record in the annals of flying by spending 700 hours in the air without a single accident of any kind. President Coolidge presented him the Schiff Memorial Trophy, a prize awarded annually to the outstanding flyer of the United States Navy who spends the greatest amount of time in the air without accident...