Word: land
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Concluding furiously, Editor Carli hinted that it might be well to exclude tourists from Italy, and gloried in the fact that this would mean the closing of thousands of Italian hotels. "So much the better! Then our hotel keepers would invest their capital in Il Duce's land reclamation project, in our colonies, in scientific research, industries, and armaments...
...barbaric land where tribal loyalties are the strongest bond, the person of the King may be of paramount significance. Had swart, wiry little King Amanullah been assassinated, neither his phlegmatic 280-pound brother, or another brother who is insane, or the boy Crown Prince Rahmatullah (TIME, Sept. 17) could have saved the dynasty of Durani. But Amanullah was not dead. Presently he came speeding by motor car into Kandahar, "Second City of the Realm," after encountering no opposition from the bandits who, stupid, seemed to think that when a king has abdicated he is going to stay abdicated...
South America has no endowed school for the teaching of general aeronautics. With the poor development of land transportation, there is a great opportunity for planes to carry passengers, mail and express over the greater part of the continent. This enterprising air transport companies are beginning to do-largely with planes bought in Europe...
...teachers of the country. Famous they may be for their service in their own province, but more surely are they famous when they turn their methods of scholarly analysis to the practical problems of state. It was President Eliot who earned the title of "First Citizen of the Land" by his active interest in public affairs. Now we have not one, but many, who might qualify from their double function as university heads and valuable public servants...
...famous European musician who is the first to serve under the Lamb gift has visited this country several times on concert and lecture tours. On one of these trips he acted as conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He is held in high repute in his native land, serving as musical advisor to the Rumanian court on several occasions. He has also conducted orchestras and given concerts in Paris and other foreign cities...