Word: power
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Reza Pahlevi has indeed had his present status as Shah of Persia constitution-alized by Parliament, but his seizure of power was essentially a coup d'etat, staged by an officer who had frequently foraged supplies for his itinerant Cossack troops in the manner of a bandit...
...convictions and habits, few wealthy citizens are willing to jeopardize their stand-in-the-community by pronouncing publicly against Prohibition. To be openly against Prohibition is unconventional. Moreover, many a rich man, untroubled by Prohibition himself, says it is "good for the working people," meaning higher production and purchasing power...
...fervent was Mr. Churchill's mood that, when Laborites attempted to heckle him, he fairly roared: "What! you mock us, do you? Then we will advance upon you with invincible power!" Paying but small regard to modesty, Chancellor Churchill added that "possibly" his new budget program is "the most important measure to be introduced in Parliament . . . since the great Reform Bill...
...Pennsylvania aggregation has shown great scoring power during the season,, its latest victory having been a 15 to 5 shut-out over Randolph-Macon College in Philadelphia last Saturday...
Student or senior councils, have suffered a severe loss of prestige and power in more than one college during the last few years: The Princetonian last year reflected student opinion accurately when in its annual parody number it displayed a complete blank under the heading "Activities of the Senior Council." At Harvard skepticism of the value of Student Councils has taken the form of indifference. A steadily diminishing vote for Student Council members reached its low water mark this year when little more than a third of the Junior and Sophomore classes took the trouble to fill out their ballots...