Word: orders
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Malta lies 60 miles south of the southern tip of Sicily. Plumped directly in the path of trans-Mediterranean shipping, it still remains the fortress it was when ruled by the Order of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem...
...which tousle-haired Leon Trotsky exercised at the height of his power, his official position was merely that of Commissar for War. Since tousle-haired Trotsky's ignominious exile last year (TIME, Jan. 30, 1928), Russia's Commissars for War have been notable for their reticence. By order of Soviet Dictator Josef Stalin they have been spared all unnecessary publicity...
When domestic quarrels threaten acute physical violence, nervous householders send for a policeman to restore order. So, last week, did the Austrian Republic. Frightened by the imminent threat of civil war between Austria's two snarling private armies (the semi-Fascist Heimwehr, and the Socialist Schutzbund), the entire cabinet of Chancellor Ernst Streeruwitz, an ineffectual businessman, declared itself incapable of dealing with the situation, resigned in a body. Leaders of all political parties rushed to Vienna's police station, begged sleek white-bearded Police Chief Johann Schober to take over the reins of government...
...Pennsylvania R. R.* placed the greatest single order of rails in history, consisting of 310,000 tons...
...motion. Line bucks, off-tackle slants, and end runs were checked by a forward and lateral passing attack. A surprising variation in such an early game was a criss-cross. The backfields, which have been working under the experienced eye of Coach Casey, functioned in good early season order. The timing was off, on occasion, as was shown by the narrow failure of several of the forward passes attempted. Several members of the ball carrying squad exhibited a style of play which should cause trouble to future opponents after more practice...