Word: must
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...gestures of protest,'' shook his head, thrust out his arms pleadingly. Then, still in ritual, he abandoned formal gestures, sat upon the chair, and became for the second time and by unanimous vote, Speaker of the House of Commons, First Commoner of the Realm. As such he must wear periwig and gown at all meetings of Parliament, listen to debates, rule tactfully on parliamentary procedure. In return he has a stone palace overlooking the Thames to live in (a wing of the Houses of Parliament), a salary of $25,000 a year, a further allowance for "costumes...
...must not move too hastily. Perhaps the first thing to abolish is the collar stud. We really must get rid of that. You know, men have far too many buttons to trouble them...
More troublesome buttons than most men has Dean Inge. As a Cathedral Dean he wears four frogged buttons on his cuff There are six buttons on his cutaway coat. His waistcoat-apron buttons down the side. His legs must be encased in gaiters which button all the way up, ending well above the knee...
...conditional on Germany's payments to France under the Young plan. Patiently Premier Poincaré reiterated that this would never be accepted by the U. S., which has immovably insisted that Europe's debts to the U. S. and Germany's reparations to Europe must be kept separate. He wanted the reservation, if made at all, to be in the form of a separate announcement, noted and communicated to the U. S. apart from the Mellon-Berenger plan. The Opposition was immovable, clung to its reservation. Inflated with temporary success they waited a chance for a test...
...Positive Policy" of intervention, vigorous protection of the Japanese colony in Tsinanfu, had brought a boycott of Japanese goods throughout China. By the most rudimentary bookkeeping, balancing the $250,000,000 colony of Tsinanfu against $500,000,000 annual trade with China, Tokyo businessmen realized that the "Positive Policy" must...