Word: power
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...champion of international goodwill. It comes unexpectedly that the Chairman of the Naval Affairs Committee declares that since the spirit of the disarmament treaty is dead, "the race is on, and it's high time we should get ahead"--this in connection with the proposed increase in naval power now under consideration in Congress...
...growth of Germany into the position of a first rate individual power before the war helped rather than, injured Great Britain's commerce, and the rapid, recovery of European trade today would have a similarly wholesome effect upon our own trade." Professor A.A. Young, Chairman of the Economics Department of the University, said to a CRIMSON reporter last night when questioned respecting the prospect and probable usefulness of the International Economical Conference to be held under the auspices of the League of Nations in Geneva this coming May. "For selfish as well as unselfish reasons," continued Professor Young, "the United...
Slighted Excellencies. At Rome ambassadors of every Power were caught last week upon the tender hip of precedence. Their Excellencies represent, technically, the actual person of the sovereign or president who despatched them to Rome. As such they receive the precedence which would be due U. S. President Coolidge or the King-Emperor George V. Yet last week, Premier Mussolini rushed through a Cabinet decree raising the Secretary General of the Fascist party to precedence over all ambassadors, ministers or special envoys. This is unprecedented. New Dating. Hot-headed observers saw a new breach of usage, a new aggrandizement...
...power of the Regent of Hungary crumbled at the elections last week, before the might of the Premier. A few years ago Admiral Nicholas Horthy de Nagybanya, Regent of this "Kingless Kingdom," rode through the streets of Budapest like a monarch in his own right. But last week not one of his close friends was elected to the Lower House, while the National Unity Party of Premier Count Stephen Bethlen de Bethlen won absolute control with 213 seats...
...unexpected, we are bowed in grief. The throne, however, cannot be left vacant even for a day. We hereby accede to the mandate of the gods, accepting the imperial throne of Japan. Seated upon this throne, invariable and immovable from time immemorial, we acknowledge our heritage of the great power to rule. We pledge to uphold the glorious traditions of our imperial ancestors. We pledge to uphold the constitution and work for the glory and greatness of Japan in compliance with the vast program of our imperial ancestors...