Word: parliament
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...three Foreign Ministers who were the authors of Locarno: Sir Austen Chamberlain (Britain), Aristide Briand (France), Gustav Stresemann (Germany). All four recipients received their prizes by proxy at Oslo, the Capital of Norway, last week. By the will of Swedish dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel, the Norwegian Storting (Parliament) awards the Nobel Peace Prizes. Last week King Haakon VII and Crown Prince Olaf presided, as the Ministers of the U.S., Britain, France and Germany, received the Nobel diplomas and medals for transmission to the recipients. Explorer Dr. Fridtjof Nansen spoke: "Justice... fairness... good faith... high results achieved... recognition... hope for universal...
...parcel of Vestal Virgins" during the strike, and letting the country go to smash. Choleric, Mr. Macdonald moved a motion of censure which was defeated 339 to 131. Nettled, he shouted: "We want to test by the ballot box whether the nation would like to carry our motion. Parliament should be dissolved...
Iceland, as extensive as Ohio, as populous as Schenectady, has its own Parliament (Althing),* its own Premier, its own Lutheran Bishop. Fifty flourishing savings banks, universal old age pensions and the University of Reykjavik attest the prosperity of Icelanders who export 58,000,000 kroner worth of fish, horses, sheep, hides, oils, tallow, and expend only 50,000,000 kroner annually on imports...
...that: 1) The recognition of Mexico by the U. S. is not regarded by Mexico as having been effected in exchange for the understanding mentioned by Secretary Kellogg, which Mexico does not consider binding as a treaty because it was a mere exchange of notes not ratified by the parliament of either nation. 2) Mexico expects (demands) that the U. S. will wait until the Mexican laws in question are in effect and have done some alleged damage to U. S. property rights which can then be thrashed out case by case in the Mexican courts and between...
...Chief Justice and Viceroy of India, to buy shares in the American company. Rufus Isaacs bought ?10,000 worth, soon selling ?1,000 to David Lloyd-George, then Chancellor of the Exchequer. The affair came to light. Mr. Lloyd-George was bitterly assailed for profiting privately from official information. Parliament, however, acquitted me of all stigma and let the others off as having been merely 'indiscreet.' "In 1914 I was honored with the Grand Cross of the Victorian Order. The Fritz and Franklin medals in the U. S. were also mine; all the important crosses and decorations...