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Word: ministere (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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"My God!" roared Clydeside John. "When I think of the speeches made at the general election by people [Laborites] around me now, the appeals to the class among whom I was brought up to put their faith in us-when I come here and have to listen to a Minister...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITISH EMPIRE: Parliament's Week: Dec. 16, 1929 | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

The potency test of a French Prime Minister is whether he can lash his budget through the Chamber of Deputies by Jan. 1. Nobody had done it for years until 1926, when great Raymond Poincaré made budget punctuality the crux of his saviorship of the franc. Last week the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Tardieu the Tamer | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

Unlike other dictators, Marshal Pilsudski's official position is merely that of Minister of War. Last week, invigorated by enforced vacation, the deputies resolutely carried out their purpose to convene, listened to a two-hour speech from Finance Minister Matuszewski, promptly next day ousted the government of Prime Minister...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLAND: Switalski Out | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

The retirement of prime ministers has nothing to do with the position of omnipotent Pole Pilsudski. Ex-Prime Minister Switalski and parliamentary leaders waited hat in hand in the Pilsudski antechamber last week to learn who he thought should be the next prime minister.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLAND: Switalski Out | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

In the courtyard of St. Damascus came a final disembarkment from the royal motors. Self-conscious reporters in swallowtail coats noted in Their Majesties' party the fascinating brown beard of Italian Foreign Minister Dino Grandi, "The Right Hand of II Duce," and the brigand-like black mustache of Cesare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PAPAL STATE: Kneeling Majesty | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

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