Word: potently
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...More notable than any, came Dwight W. Morrow, the President's classmate and close friend, potent Morgan partner and unseen influence in the G. 0. P. Mr. Morrow represented the politically bewildered East and high finance. Newsgatherers waited eagerly for Mr. Morrow to come away after interviews at which it was certain there would have been give and take on the renowned Coolidge "choice" for 1928. But Mr. Morrow came forth in owlish silence, boarded a train for his ranch in Idaho, left the world none the wiser...
...years he worked for Lithuanian nationalism and independence against the oppression of Tsarist Russia. A diminutive man, dark, with narrow, beady eyes, a stubby goatee spread over his chin and a bushy, drooping moustache hanging orderly from his upper lip, he is an excellent, forceful speaker, sound, indurate, potent...
Chang Tso-lin, ontime "King of Bandits," Super-Tuchun of Manchuria, self-styled All Highest Grand Marshal of China, potent dictator of Northern China and as much of the South as the Nationalists and his own genrals will let him have, found time last week to exercise his political astuteness. Despite the fact that he is reported to be "worried to death" over Sun Chuan-fang's drive south to recapture his beloved Shanghai - beloved for the revenue it gave him, Marshal Chang published a mandate entitled "The Law for the Protection of Human Rights...
...Raki, or arrack, is a popular, potent, gin-like beverage, made from plums. When mixed with water it becomes milky and much like absinthe. It is the favorite drink of the Orient...
...tourists from entering the 4,000-acre estate. Their Royal Highnesses arrived late, but turned out of their log cabin quarters at 7 a. m. on the first morning of their visit, went before breakfast to inspect the extensive and varied livestock herd, now featured by two ponderous and potent bulls and a superb stallion, the gift of King-Emperor George...