Word: minor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sovereignty shall be extended to Indians. Last week Sir John struck a significant keynote when he said: "The Commission will recommend no sweeping changes in the Indian form of Government. The Indian people are not yet ready for a large measure of independence, but we will suggest many minor changes in order to encourage them to govern themselves...
...given him a nickname-"Red Light" Miller, drawing their title from the signal that flashes when a goal-guard lets in a shot. They had given Miller what is locally known as the Bronx Cheer, a huzzah of sarcastic intention. Rattled, Miller begged to be sent back to the minor leagues "where they wouldn't razz him." Now he was called to take the most important position on a team tied with the favorites for the hockey championship of the world...
...artificial and self-centered woman is very close to perfection, and one could hardly imagine a more convincing portrait of the daughter in-law battling for her rights than that given by Elisabeth Risdon, who fully justifies the predictions made for her future when she was still in minor roles...
...most diverting features of a presidential campaign is the number and enthusiasm of the various minor parties that enter candidates in the race. There is a Farmer-Labor party, a Prohibition party even in these dry times, and until 1924 the Socialists also had a man in the field. Then they were sacrificed to LaFollette's Progressives and are only just being revived. In fact during the last week, while Governor Smith has been attracting crowds at the churches he attended on his Southern trip, that party has been holding a convention in New York to choose candidates...
...Conferred with Foreign Minister Tewfik Rushdi Bey of Turkey concerning a new commercial treaty which is expected to provide the opening wedge for Italian commercial penetration in Asia Minor...