Word: marche
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Events crowding a busy seven days at Geneva, following the first opening of the Council of the League of Nations in German (TIME, March 14), by the German Foreign Minister, Dr. Gustav Stresemann, who spoke the four historic opening words: "Ich offne die sitzung...
...years and nine months Private Fowler hid in a space 5½ feet high and 20 inches deep. Sometimes at night he dared to steal out and sit with his protectress before her fire-but no chance to escape ever came. Not until Oct. 10, 1918, did the Germans march away. Then Private Fowler took Mme. Belmont-Gobert in his arms, dashed water over her face and gave her a sup of wine-she had fainted...
...with the captain, Thomas Stradling. Four years and four months later he was rescued, told his tale in London, and was fictionized for posterity as "Robinson Crusoe"* by Daniel Defoe. Last week Dictator Premier Carlos Ibanez of Chile announced that the Chilean "Reds" recently arrested by his agents (TIME, March 7) would be exiled on Mas-a-fuera Island, 100 miles west of "Robinson Crusoe's Island," supplied with tools and implements, with livestock and building material, guarded by Chilean soldiers and given an opportunity to test out their "Red" theories in a colony built by themselves...
...young continents earthquakes come relatively more often than hic-coughs to children. Therefore, last week, Japanese seismologists prowled about the recent earthquake area (TIME, March 14) with the optimistic smiles of family doctors. They know that the Japanese Islands are still rising from the sea, like so many teeth pushing up through infant gums...
...click-click . . . click-click . . . click-click . . . click-click . . . click-click. Welker Cochran, 30, Hollywood (Calif.) realtor, had won the international 18.2 balkline billiard tournament at Washington, D. C., turning back among others Willie Hoppe, defending champion, and M. Felix Grange, of France, who had missed his vin ordinaire (TIME, March...