Word: iii
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...declaimed: "To place a tariff on such products would be following the steps of George III whose stamp tax on tea resulted in the American revolution...
...confused with, Lieut. Col. Ulysses S. Grant III...
Spring was coming to Washington with a rush. Sap was rising. The Japanese cherry trees encircling the Tidal Basin in Potomac Park were about to burgeon. A soft greenish sentimentality was adrift in the air. Ulysses Simpson Grant III walked out of the long flat Navy building, sniffed the sweet air, drove to the Tidal Basin, examined the cherry tree buds with the expert eye of a lieutenant-colonel of engineers. Then, in his official capacity as Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, he predicted that these famed trees would blossom forth in all their...
...every great civilization has brought its pottery to an artistic level commensurate with its painting, sculpture, architecture. The Grecian urn, hymned by Poet Keats has become symbolic of rare beauty. Wedgewood is a name which added lustre to the reign of George III...
These elections were heralded as a plebiscite for the present government of Italy. The idea of plebiscites is not new, but rather an integral part of dictatorial government. It was thus used by Napoleon III who in more than one way reminds one of the present rulers of Italy in spite of their enthusiasm for the older Bonaparte. What is a little novel in these recent Italian elections is the use of 'professions' and 'trades', so-called 'corporations' as the units or precincts, thus substituting a functional for a regional division of the electorate for purposes of what is termed...