Word: heard
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that Dr. Nansen will be interesting. After the war he worked tirelessly for the repatriation of war prisoners and refugees, and for his efforts was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Of late he has done great work in relieving Russia from the effects of famine. But although much is heard of the existence of starving refugees and of prisoners of all varieties and in all places, from Brussels to Bagdad, most people know little or nothing of what is really done for them. On this unfamiliar subject, Dr. Nansen will be able to speak with the force and fascination...
After all, the greatest, value of the minor sports is to furnish a means of securing that "athletics for all" of which we have of late heard so much. Except in the case of squash, this end is plainly not being attained to as great an extent as possible, and attempts to attain it by forcible feeding have not been successful...
Meanwhile the Reparations Com-mission in Paris heard the Germans explain why they could not pay reparations. Herr Fischer, heading the German delegation, stated that the Ruhr occupation was illegal and so long as France occupied that territory so long would it be before Germany could pay reparations...
...reply Signer Mussolini said: " When Italy last September heard of your movement we realized that, though different in method, our two revolutions had the same finalities. We both wished to free the vital forces of our peoples from disastrous influences of impossible political doctrines and of men incapable of assuming difficult responsibilities of command...
...opening performance of this extraordinary mixture was studded with the most vicious profanity that has yet been heard upon the American stage. Add to this a most realistic experiment in woman-beating and you have a rather formidable sum of objections which were raised against it. But before the police could act the harshness was deleted...