Word: parliament
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...George, as always, compromised with his detractors. Instead of insisting that his form of "nationalization" should be presented to Parliament with the idea of having it made applicable to all land, he accepted a modified wording: "that land shall be held under a variety of tenures to meet different local conditions...
With all his eloquence he labored to bring the meeting around to indorse that compromise. At the eleventh hour he succeeded. Critics opined, however, that only by a miracle can the depleted "corporal's guard" of Liberals left to Leader George succeed in getting his scheme through Parliament...
...Budapest occurred further scandalous developments in connection with the notorious "Thirty Billion Franc Forgery" (TIME, Feb. 1). Although some four to six policemen guarded every streetcorner, the Opposition Leader, Deputy Vasony, a former Minister of Justice, found himself looking up the muzzle of a revolver as he left the Parliament House, at dusk...
...short, cynical, perpetually sneering soldier presides over the Dictature which governs Greece (TIME, Jan. 11). He has dissolved Parliament, suppressed newspapers unfavorable to him, raised a forced loan (TIME, Feb. 1), and generally conducted himself with the arbitrariness of a Napoleon, without exhibiting the Corsican's personal charm. He is General Theodore Pangalos. He is said habitually to adorn his commands with the oaths of a drill sergeant. Last week he ripped out several terse orders. Promptly 15 Greek officers and politicians were marched aboard a ship and departed into exile. Pangalos barked again and all citizens were ordered...
...prime minister for 17 years, assumed office at 24, having previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer. At 20, Alexander Hamilton was a leading authority on government; at 24, conceived the National Bank. Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence at 33. Robert Peel's name was great in Parliament soon after he was 21. J. T. Delane became editor of the London Times...