Word: plains
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President rose to greatness from humble beginnings. When he was a plain Tuchun things were easier. Now he is President, "anything but a scholar" and not understanding the intricacies of politics, he is at a grave disadvantage. Instead of being surrounded by an army eager to obey his command he is surrounded by an army of "corrupt, selfish, intriguing and clever" politicians eager to command him. This is why he is "sick and unhappy...
Huan Tung, boy Emperor of China- took to precedent-busting, favorite sport of democratically inclined monarchs. Huan Tung, aged 18, loves to be called plain " Henry" and his beautiful consort is named Elizabeth. Apparently these names were chosen because of Henry's fondness for Henry VIII of England and Elizabeth's admiration for the English Queen of that name. He is supposed to stay inside the Forbidden City and no outsider is supposed to enter therein to disturb the peace of the "Son of Heaven...
EXPRESSING WILLIE? A delightfully sensitive study of the havoc wrought by temperament in a plain business man. BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK? Deft and biting satire, wreaking a Freudian revenge on the Rotary clubs...
...Sunday Times of London summed up the whole situation most succinctly: "The plain fact is that each party .has quite a good case. The South stands on the treaty. The North says we were never a party to the treaty which was ultra vires. Probably there would be some chance of bringing the two together if it were possible to devise a satisfactory boundary line, but Protestants and Catholics are disposed in a debatable territory that would puzzle an arch-angel...
...opinion of Mr. Paul Bellamy, managing editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, that the newspaper of the future will be less devoted to tales of crime and violence and more concerned with world affairs, is pleasantly surprising. Still more so is his prophecy that in another five years blood and thunder stories will be crowded completely off the front page, and that chronicles of governmental matters will take their place. "Newspapers", says Mr. Bellamy, "have found that it does not pay to cater to the tastes of those who would rather read yellow sheets than these that present clean news...