Word: pointedness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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The conference met; and, as a result, President Tsao Kun ordered the cessation of hostilities, dismissed Super-Tuchun Wu from his post of Commander-in-Chief of the Peking forces, ap pointed him Chief Commissioner of the Koko-nor district in Tibet. This appointment was virtually banishment. Rumors then emanated...
Mr. Teagle pointed out that our reserves of coal are greater and more certain than our reserves of petroleum, and that for this reason coal prices were more apt to affect oil prices than vice versa.
The complexion of Texas seemed to be altering. In August, upon her nom- ination by the Democrats, Mrs. Miriam A. ("Ma") Ferguson was virtually accepted by the Nation as the Governor-elect of Texas. Last week, public prints of all party affiliations published despatches to the effect that this first...
The administration has got itself into a ridiculous position. The public utterances of both President Coolidge and Secretary Hughes have repeatedly pointed out the desirability of continuing to work in the interest of world peace through unofficial channels. With a strong savoring of paternalistic pride they exhibit for public inspection...
When it took the air next morning, its arrogant nose was pointed at the Rockies. The morning's flying was serene enough, over Texas to Tucson and Cochise, Ariz.; but in the late afternoon the mountains were reached, over which a wind was whistling jauntily. High in air climbed...