Word: neutrality
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...eighth Marquis of Queensberry, for publishing in a paper called Plain English libelous statements. The defendant alleged that Mr. Churchill had plotted with the late Sir Ernest Cassel to publish a false report of the Battle of Jutland, with the object of creating a panic on the neutral stock exchanges in order to sell German stocks at a high price and buy British stocks at a depreciated value...
...storm is brewing. For some weeks now the French and Belgians have had the field to themselves and Britain has maintained an "ominous" neutral attitude on all matters relating to reparations. If Premier Baldwin is re-elected to power or if a Liberal Ministry succeeds, Britain will once more take an active place in the councils of the Allies and, it was stated, she will threaten to end the Entente once and for all unless her wishes...
...would select David F. Houston, who was Secretary of Agriculture and later Secretary of the Treasury in the Wilson Cabinet. At any rate, Mr. Wilson is understood to have no particular brief to hold for his son-in-law. He is perhaps opposite minded, and is expected to remain neutral as to the choice of a Democratic candidate. On the other hand, Mr. Wilson would like to press the League of Nations issue, which Mr. McAdoo prefers to ignore as unprofitable. The former President's open opposition would be unfortunate for his son-in-law, but his support, if coupled...
...reactionaries. The Prince himself is no doubt anxious to settle down and farm his estate at Oels, since it is very much in his interest to do so; but, with reactionism in the ascendency, he is likely to have a hard time in maintaining a neutral attitude. Moreover, it was reported with some veracity that if the Prussian and Imperial Crowns were offered to him, he would be the last man to refuse them...
This latter piece, "The Sea" might well bear for sub-title: "Much Ado about Nothing." Its composer, Mr. Frank Bridge, is supposedly representative of the Englishmen of the middle ground, Williams, Holst, and the rest. He has all the faults of a neutral, chief among them dullness. Brevity is not one of his virtues. As a conductor he is energetic; one would like to see (not hear) him conduct such a piece as "Ein Heldenleben...