Word: offing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Good Little God. In Mukden, capital of the great northern Province of Manchuria, Governor-General Chang Hsueh-Liang had sufficient respite from war last week to entertain in sumptuous fashion that good little god, the Panchen Lama or "Living Buddha," devoutly venerated by millions of Chinese Buddhists.
For convenience sake the Panchen Lama might be called the "Buddhist Pope," and the Dalai Lama the temporal pontiff of Tibet. Just at present these two most holy persons are at outs, the Sovereign Dalai Lama holding his court at Lhasa, Tibetan capital, and the Panchen Lama roving about war...
Godsend. The consuls of Britain, France, Japan, Germany and the U. S. who set out in a special train last fortnight to investigate conditions in the recent Russo-Chinese battle area in Manchuria (TIME, Dec. 23) chuffed back to Harbin last week, having been refused permission to visit the area...
The President-Elect of Mexico, Señor Pascual Ortiz Rubio, with his wife, two sons, one daughter, his sister-in-law, her son, and a suite of 12.
The President-Reject of Mexico, Señor José Vasconcelos, with son and daughter.