Word: might
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...throne from weak, well-meaning little King Amanullah (TIME, Jan. 28). All through the summer, Usurper Habibullah has been harassed by the lean, ruthless, white-chinned Nadir Khan, ill-famed for boiling his captured enemies in oil (TIME, Sept. 2). Last week Nadir converged three armies of overwhelming might upon Kabul. Prudent Habibullah fled in an airplane to escape being French-fried. Without resistance the city fell. Since victorious Nadir was once a general in the service of ousted King Amanullah, news of his triumph was received with elation by the exiled weakling in Rome...
...point. When news of the Manhattan break flashed to Rio, and when coffee futures began to fall there in sympathy, officials of the local Coffee Exchange became so apprehensive that that night they did not cable their closing prices to Manhattan as usual, fearing that the truth from Rio might aggravate the coffee landslide in the north...
...have varied too. Good comic operas have been scarce since the days of Victor Herbert. Tales of temperament have frightened some managers. She has been forced to occasional vaudeville towns, to doing Modiste over the radio, taking a turn at legitimate dramatics. The brilliant career of a captivating person might thus have tapered away into nothing had it not been for last week's revival. Now, due to its success, Modiste may go on tour again...
...last week keen-eyed Mr. Schulte were sitting in his office, famed for its cramped dinginess, he might well have pondered over the following table...
Chief difference between the McCormick and Wilson plans is that Heiress McCormick borrowed at 6% against stocks that might rise and offset interest charges, while Heiress Wilson borrowed at 6% against collateral that probably yields no more than 5%. The reason generally suspected to be in back of the Wilson move is that her collateral probably consists mostly of bonds that have no ready market. As the certificates are outstanding until 1932 and the collateral does not have to remain fixed, Heiress Wilson can therefore gradually sell her municipals as a market for them appears; meanwhile...