Word: meres
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Laval, like Edda Mussolini, grew up her father's pal. Since a Dictator can do more for a pal than a mere statesman, Edda made her debut with a tour of the Far East on which she was showered with gifts by many a potentate, later married baby-faced Count Galeazzo Ciano who was promptly advanced through Italy's diplomatic service, and gradually promoted to his present rank of Minister for Press & Propaganda...
...Soemba, Bali, Flores, Timor, Banka, Billiton, New Guinea, Madura, Lombok, the Riouw Lingga and Molukken Islands, with Japan and The Netherlands tied for second place at 26%. Since then Japan has seized the lion's share of 76%, while England and The Netherlands have been reduced to a mere 7% each. Lumping all Indonesia's imports together, Japan's share has swelled from 10% to 31%, while that of The Netherlands slumped from 20% to 12%. And such Japanese gains are but half the story...
...time he had made his first million Thompson could no longer be content with the mere accumulation of money. He had a social conscience and worried over his lack of an integrated philosophy of life...
...White of St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington. The Bureau hoped that when the graduates of its new Police Training School went back home they would be so firmly stamped with the U. S. seal of approval that local bosses would think twice before detouring these men for mere political reasons, and that the national weapon for fighting crime would thereby receive a healthy boost...
...Dispositions." This sort of unwitting evocation of magical influences is due to the savage's almost universal belief that mere mental attitudes may disrupt the peaceful course of affairs. He thus pays great attention to what Professor Levy-Bruhl calls dispositions. Quarrels are widely believed to set up baneful influences which may harm the whole tribe. Hence politeness and affability are at a premium. Among some American Indians it is not customary to refuse any gift asked for by a guest, lest his displeasure work some ill. When the Fiji Islanders set out a new turtle net, the head...