Word: important
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...rumor, subsequently squelched, spread that the Archbishop would be prosecuted for sedition on account of the interview and might even be executed. The World's correspondent, Mr. Arthur Constantine, then proudly cinched his interview by obtaining from the 72-year-old prelate two huskily whispered sentences of touching import: "Si me toca morir en este conflicto, esta, den. Morire con gloria." ("If it be my turn to die in this conflict, very well, I shall die with glory...
...French fear that Germans might eventually acquire these bonds, thus putting France under a sort of fiscal vassalage to her worst enemies, was thereby allayed. Since this particular "emotional factor" had loomed like a boojum, and threatened to rouse Frenchmen unalterably against ratification, to eliminate it was of paramount import...
...182Approved by a majority of 129, Sir William ("Jix") Joynson-Hicks' project to devote ?3,000,000 ($15,000,000) to the importation of coal. Said "Jix": "The Government's decision to purchase coal in quantities is prompted by a resolve that the poor must not be deprived of fuel. . . . The Government will not supply coal to large users who can import it on their own account...
...public buildings and monuments of Rome and other Italian cities to the splendor of Augustan days. Missing Minister. Though Mussolini sped the issuance of his Cabinet's decrees behind locked portals, the reported absence from this vital session of Minister of Interior Luigi Federzoni loomed of major import. Signor Federzoni is suave, aristocratic, bland. His voice has a low vibrant timbre, which engenders fear. It is well known that he attends Mass every morning before seeking his Ministry. Perhaps less known is the fact that in the councils of Fascismo he speaks- not always softly-for the Vatican...
...well as U. S. investment houses, in selling $25,000,000 of United States of Brazil bonds. A month ago he sold $35,000,000 of like ones, has the whole $60,000,000 protected by a sort of first mortgage on Brazil's consumption taxes and import duties...