Word: power
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...deem it to be my duty as an honorable man to make amends for the wrong done to the Jews as fellowmen and brothers, by asking their forgiveness for the harm I have unintentionally committed, by retracting so far as lies within my power the offensive charges laid at their door by these publications, and by giving them the unqualified assurance that henceforth they may look to me for friendship and good will...
...down that violence which had become second nature to Irishmen. Firmness was needed and Mr. O'Higgins proved himself capable of making bold, salutary decisions with the quickness of a steel trap. His enemies became innumerable. His success in quieting Ireland and restoring the police power earned him a title: "Ireland's Strongest...
During the Shogunate (1603-1867), while the Emperor's powers were subordinate to those of the Shoguns or Tycoons ("Great Princes"), the Eta touched bottom, groveled at the level of animals. Then the Restorer, the conquering and enlightened Emperor Meiji (1853-1912) recovered the Imperial Power; and, amid numerous reforms, raised the Eta to full status as ordinary citizens...
Thenceforward the Rumanian cycle has moved smoothly-with General Averescu masquerading as a defender of the citizenry but actually obedient to oligarchs Jon and Vintila Bratiano. These gentlemen resolved, recently, to resume power, sensing that popular resentment had guttered down...
They played the first set without either young woman ever coming within 20 feet of the net. Miss Wills, smashing like clockwork, won 6-2. She seemed to have regained and even surpassed the magnificent speed and rallying power which she possessed before her operation for appendicitis...