Word: northern
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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While the action of such a body can not be safely predicted, it appears unlikely that the League would have expressed disapproval of the English demands. Both France and Italy are influential in the proceedings of the League, and both France and Italy have interests and ambitions in Northern Africa. Consequently it is to their advantage that the North African peoples should cherish no dangerous ideas of nationalism, nor any hopes of successful defiance of European power. Spain has already set such ideas afoot by her incapacity to subdue the Moors, and France and Italy can ill afford...
...narrow band of shadow will start at a point somewhat west of Duluth and stretch eastward, going out to sea across the southern shores of Connecticut. The southern boundary of the eclipse will include Duluth (Minn.), Menominee and Frankfort (Mich.), London (Ont), Dunkirk (N.Y.), Wilkes Barre (Pa.) and the northern part of Manhattan (so accurate can the prediction be made). Within the northern limit of the shadow will lie Manistique (Mich.), Toronto (Ont.), Auburn and Hudson (N.Y.), New Bedford (Mass.); while Syracuse (N.Y.), Springfield (Mass.) and Providence (R.I.) will be a mile or two outside of the totality band...
...delineate the country according to its presidential division is very simple: Begin on the northeastern boundary of Virginia, at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, and go down the west border of Virginia straight along the northern border of Tennessee, straight west, with only minor jogs over the tops of Arkansas and Oklahoma, then straight south to the border of Texas and west again along the same border to Mexico South of this line is solid Davis. North of it, west of it, is solid Coolidge?except for Wisconsin carved out as La Follette enclave...
While under arrest, Mr. de Valera heard that he had been defeated as Republican candidate in the general elections. As a matter of fact, the 13 seats of Northern Ireland were all captured by the Conservative Party...
Posters. Almost within 48 hours after the dissolution of Parliament had been proclaimed (TIME, Oct. 20), the three big parties started to paste posters in the cities, towns and villages of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland...