Word: power
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Egyptian public opinion has crystalized against British occupation so sharply that Deputies returned at the last election were almost solidly anti-British and King Fuad of Egypt (a British puppet) had to dissolve the Egyptian Parliament for three years to maintain the status quo. 2) There has come to power in London a Cabinet of Laborites who believe that, though Britain must continue to police Egypt's Suez Canal (route to India, "spinal column of the empire"),* still it should be possible to allow Egyptians substantial freedom in the Nile valley and autonomous rule in such great cities as Alexandria...
...year, he confines his interests to champagne, roulette, a beautiful wife and numerous attractive friends. Also he takes a sparring partner with him wherever he goes, though boxing circles are more impressed by the fearsome hairiness of His Highness's chest than by the power of his punch. Lastly Prince Ibrahim has a talent for catastrophe...
...beam of the vast sunspot which erupted from its surface (photosphere) late in July was again to touch the earth this week. At that time the spot was 33,000 miles long by 20,000 miles wide. On earth, it caused severe magnetic storms which affected electric light and power services, confused telegraphs, telephones, radio...
...team permitted five English women, not including able Eileen Bennett,* to come within a few aces of keeping the trophy in the matches played at Forest Hills, L. I. But the fact of the matter was that England, strapped though she is for male players, is a major power on the women's courts...
...yachting. Early one morning, a tall, slightly stooped man stepped to the bridge of his big white steam yacht Nourmahal and gave a signal. A gun boomed. Moorings were slipped and out sailed the fleet in the wake of Commodore William Vincent Astor. Among many another power craft that churned along with the fleet was John Pierpont Morgan's rakish black Corsair steaming near the Nourmahal as committee boat...