Word: pre
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Britons made haste to nickname MM. Tewfik and Tchitcherin are among the last surviving exponents of "classical diplomacy. " Minister Tchitcherin is a pre-War Tsarol diplomatic underling who has flowered into a notable intrigant in the Bolshevist hothouse. Minister Tewfik is that famed fisher in troubled waters who almost succeeded in embroiling the League of Nations, the World Court and the principal Powers in an inextricable tangle over the issue of Mosul (TIME, Sept. 28, 1925). When two such "classic diplomats" foregather with their secretaries the cause of their journeying to a tryst on the shore of the inhospitable Black...
...Pre-Nuptial Rejoicings. Crown Prince Leopold, who has several times visited Stockholm unrecognized, by traveling third class and entering the apartment of Prince Carl by the back way, strolled about the city last week with Princess Astrid on his arm, to the vast delight of cheering Swedes. On the day before their wedding the couple met at 7 a.m. to begin with a brisk horseback ride a day which closed with a state dinner at the Palace and a gala in their honor at the Royal Opera...
...German-Australian and Kosmos (to South America) lines. Last spring it bought back three ships once sold to Averell Harriman (TIME, March 15). Its total tonnage is now 879,000. Last week North German Lloyd, apparently somnolescent since the War, increased its capitalization from $8,000,000 to its pre-War total of $30,000,000. Its present ships total 613,000 tons, which will be increased by new constructions or purchase of smaller lines, such as the Hansa Steamship...
...team Princeton brought to Cambridge Saturday to meet a favored Harvard eleven, rose to the heights characteristic of recent Tiger outfits in Harvard encounters. Slagle, who had been held in reserve during all of the early season games, upset all the pre-game dope by starting and playing until the final minutes of play. He led the Tiger attack with his passing and running and, although he seldom got away for long gains, was a constant threat and menace to Harvard peace of mind...
Among the lectures of interest being given today, the following are pre-eminent...