Word: knife
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Manila, attended by 10,000 people. Resolutions were passed, one of them for a boycott on the pro-Quezon newspapers-The Herald, El Debat, Vanguardia, Taliba and Watawat. One speaker said that if the Collectivista leaders did not reform their abuses there was no remedy but the bolo knife. Another declared that he had had to refuse permission to one of his followers in Cebu who wanted to assassinate Osmeua. " If it were not for me," he asserted, " Osmena would be dead...
...appearance, at least, this new Turkey is a model of modern civilized government. What the state of the country is at heart, however, is another matter. It is extremely hard for the unprejudiced observer to believe that a nation which, in the last six centuries, has weilded the knife indiscriminately and driven hordes of conquered people to death by exile is now entirely prepared for the privilege of the franchise. With such a past one does not associate the fundamental sense of ethics which use of the ballot requires. These children of Islam have a bad heritage upon which...
...verse-secret stairs in an old English manor hall-a fabulous treasure secreted bv Byzantine emperors in the very belly of Constantinople-a gang of international cutthroats who are constantly sandbagging the legitimate treasure-seekers-gypsy brigands versus Turkish assassins - a spitfire gypsy lass equally ready with kiss or knife- these are some of the ingredients of as rattlingly energetic a yarn of adventure as any in some time...
Claude Monet, Prince of Impressionists, earlier reported to have recovered his sight (TIME, March 17), went under the surgeon's knife for the third time at his home at Giverny, 50 miles from Paris. Dr. Coutela, eye specialist, attempted to remove a new cataract which has formed since the operations of last February. When the bandage was removed on July 26, M. Monet could see clearly with one eye, but further surgery may be necessary. The great age of the painter (81) adds danger to the delicate task...
...club of 20 subscriptions The Hornet offers a "novelty knife" containing pictures of "the late candidates COX and ROOSEVELT...