Word: power
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Meanwhile most observers recalled with only praise for the murdered Kevin O'Higgins how he had restored police power and the majesty of justice within the Free State?putting down with impartial severity all rebels, many of them his personal friends. The spleen which Kevin O'Higgins engendered by this necessary severity was vented last week very typically by one Father John Dooley of Corpus Christi Church, Manhattan. Said Father Dooley of Kevin O'Higgins...
...This man who is held responsible for the killing of 50 or 60 young men who dared to defy his power was held to be nothing less than a Nero...
...struggle to dominate the Government of Persia was waged between British and Russian agents, up to the period of the World War, on a basis of flagrant bribery and corruption. Amid the idealistic post-War period Persia barely escaped falling to the British Empire as a "mandate." Then the power of Soviet Russia gathered might, and the old Anglo-Russian struggle began again at Teheran. Finally the Government of Persia turned (or was swayed by British pressure) toward the U. S. (1921), in search of an administrator to restore shattered Persian finances. Soon the U. S. Secretary of State...
...realize the Doctor's power, glance at one of the petitions in a Persian newspaper which typically begin: "Oh, Allah! Oh, Shah! Oh, Dr. Millspaugh! Heed our Prayer...
...competitors and were in effect malefactors. Their trade practices had been monopolistic because: 1) By owning or controlling 368 theatres on June 30, 1926 (more than 550 now) the corporation had substantially stifled competition. 2) By renting films only in blocks, exhibitors had to accept pictures of poor drawing power. 3) By buying or threatening to buy picture houses, the corporation bullied exhibitors to come to its terms. Within 60 days these tactics all must cease, ordered the Federal Trade Commission...