Word: less
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week Kemal spoke less gargantuanly. First he opened Parliament. Then sonorously he recalled the triumphs of his regime-Sultan overthrown. Republic proclaimed, Calif overthrown, the Church disestablished, polygamy abolished, the fez abolished, women unveiled, and a new Capital built at ancient Angora. Finally the President reported progress in his incessant strivings to "Westernize Turkey." Proudly he declared that 12,000 teachers are now instructing Turks how to write and read their language in Occidental ABC's, though with the same phonetics as of yore...
...Masaryk's egotism is as titanic as his achievements. Single-handed he built up the marvelous organization of propagandists, spies and deserters who finally erected themselves into the nucleus of a state. True, Professor Masaryk was indispensably assisted by Dr. Edouard Benes, now Foreign Minister, but none the less Professor Masaryk is the Father of Czechoslovakia. His propagandists are become statesmen, his spies heroes, his deserters officers in the Army of the Republic...
...Flying Club trophy award has been conceived more or less as a parallel to the competition for the Grover Loening prize which is granted to the College Flying Club amassing the greatest number of hours in the air a year. Its again purpose will be to stimulated interest among the pilots and to them incentive for regular flying as well as increasing the emphasis upon the safety and efficiency of operation. The trophy will probably be in the form of an individual cup and a certain number of free flying hours. In addition there is the possibility of some permanent...
This orchestra which plays no Jazz was formed less than a month ago by several students seeking employment and has rapidly sprung into such prominence as to be chosen over two groups of professional musicians to give daily concerts in the hotel...
...attack is famed. The line men too were rarely drawn out of position a fact which shows that the experience gained in two hard contests this fall has not gone for naught. Both team A and team B took part in this session and the seconds were only slightly less effective than the regulars...