Word: incidental
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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"Lyautey Africanus" - surrendered his command to Marshal Petain and announced that he had been called to Paris to consult with the Government. Lyautey, who is 71, has been one of the builders of the French Colonial Empire. At one time he pacified Madagascar and even before the War, was Resident...
It was announced last week that the Mannesmann brothers (German industrial magnates in the Ruhr) had sold their Moroccan properties. The Mannesmanns, Reinhard and Max, now men in their late 60's, eminent industrial metallurgists, many years ago bought up many valuable properties from Moroccan sheiks. These properties were...
One incident broke the monotony of enthusiasm. At Christ Church a num- ber of larrikins (hoodlums) shouted: "Who won the War?" at the gobs. A fight might have ensued, but a shore patrol happened along and arrested a number of their brother gobs. Shore leave at Port Lyttelton was cancelled...
The newspapers made much of the incident, and that day the directors of the Liberty Bank, happening to hold a meeting, decided they would like to employ him. So he became an assistant cashier. A year later, he was made cashier, three years later Vice President, and in another year...
Colonel Freyberg. One night some years ago, a British officer painted his body black and slipped over a dread-naught's side into the moiling waters of the Dardanelles. He swam ashore, penetrated the Turkish lines, lit flares to guide a landing-party. For this exploit he received a...