Word: ho
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Military Commissioner Ho of Shanghai, puppet relative of Tuchun...
...admit I didn't know what hit me or how I fell. . . . Let me tell you that Sam Langford hit harder by accident than most heavyweights hit on purpose. There never lived a hitter like Langford." (Wills' interlocutor asked if Langford could have whipped Champion Dempsey.) "Ho, Ho! Dempsey wouldn't have lasted any time. Made to order for Sam-poor Sam. Ah, gee, what a great fighter Now about . . . Firpo. I'll surely beat him. . . . Just let that bird come and I'll knock him back fast enough. Hitting? Say, I know...
...Yung-hsiang, Tuchun of Chekiang, once military commissioner of Shanghai, an enemy of Gen. Chi. He is about 57 years of age. After he became Tuchun of Chekiang, he had Gen. Ho Feng-lin appointed to the Shanghai post, although Shanghai is not in his Province...
...Ho Feng-lin, military Commissioner of Shanghai, in the Province of Kiangsu. He is about 47 years of age and is under the influence...
...immediate cause is that Gen. Chi wants Shanghai under his thumb. As it is, he thinks the Military Commissioner in Shanghai ought to be a man of his choice. Having tried peacefully to oust Gen. Ho from the Commissionership, he is now resolved to do it by force, which brings him into conflict with Gen. Lu, who is equally determined to preserve his influence in Shanghai...