Word: orders
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Promptly through official channels went the President's order to do all possible for the ice-threatened communities...
...could not be stopped. The inspector dipped into one bag and brought up four bottles which he set conspicuously upon a packing case. Customs Inspector James McCabe, working nearby, witnessed the incident, saw the bottles. The Congressman went to a telephone, called the Custom House, obtained a "free entry" order. Liquor was not mentioned in that telephone conversation. The Congressman was thereupon passed, tak- ing with him his four bottles of contraband...
...defender, General Liu Chen-nien; and victoriously in marched dread Marshal Chang Tsung-chang (TIME, March 7, 1927). Within an hour Chefoo's terrified Chinese Chamber of Commerce had presented the marshal with $100,000 spot cash gold, in return for his promise not to issue his favorite order, "Loot...
...sacred cause of Nationalism!" Seemingly Li of Canton was in league with the rebels, a clique of military leaders with their base of operations in what are called the Wuhan cities (see below). The incautious Li had come to Nanking (guaranteed as to his life by Wu) in order to attend the third annual Nationalist Party Congress. The Congress adjourned last week after passing resolutions unqualifiedly condemning the Wuhan clique, directing that Li be kept in jail, and entrusting the fullest military authority to President Chiang. Since the wily president had unquestionably "packed" the congress, its actions surprised...
...escaped. Another, seeing smoke from a photographer's flashlight, said: "Fire." The 10,000 spectators sought exits, not calmly. Many were trampled. One man, who fell or was pushed over the balcony ledge to the floor below, later died. Sportswriters hid under the ring. Police finally restored order and the bout went on. Fields won the decision...