Word: power
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Ensconced at the Hotel Ambassador, Manhattan, last week, was that genial Irish devotee of snuff, the Rt. Hon. Thomas Power O'Connor, famed "Father of the House of Commons," who arrived recently for a vacation in the U. S. (TIME, March...
...concessions. The trouble is, from an Egyptian point of view, that Prime Minister Sarwat does not represent the majority party of Egypt, the indomitable Wafd, once headed by the late famed Saad Zaghlul Pasha. Whenever the Wafd votes down a cabinet and seeks, as the majority party, to assume power, one or more British warships are usually in evidence to menace Egyptian harbors...
...friend of Signor Benito Mussolini dating from before his rise to power is the learned Jesuit scholar, Father Tacchi-Venturi of Rome. He persuaded Il Duce some years ago to present a State collection of ancient religious books to the Vatican. Generally it is known that Father Tacchi-Venturi has since been the chief intermediary between his Great & Good Friend and Pope Pius XI in recent attempts to negotiate a settlement of the Roman Question (TIME, Feb. 13). Last week a paper knife entered the flesh of Jesuit Tacchi-Venturi amid dramatic circumstances...
...subject of the dispute-Albania. "We have no allies outside of Russia who definitely have undertaken to come to our defense should the fatherland be invaded. In turn, we shall go to Russia's assistance should that country's territorial integrity be menaced by more than one power...
...Holland, little children do not want to be Lindberghs. They want to fly one of "Uncle Tony's" ships. Anthony H. G. Fokker is the Dutch boy's model of greatness. He wants to make Holland an air power. Last week he made plans for regular service between Holland and the great Dutch Island of Java 9,000 miles away. Amsterdam is already linked with London, Paris, Berlin by daily air lines...