Word: prefect
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Senor Villanueva had failed to resign as Minister of Education six months before the election took place. Manifestly he was ineligible for office. It happened that the Dictator's brother had not resigned as prefect of his department (Governor of a state-an appointive office). So he too had to be sacrificed...
...Norwegian territory and subject to Norwegian law. Up went the Norwegian flag, sailors from the patrol boat Heimdal presented arms, the guns of the Heimdal boomed salutes, the people sang the national anthem and a prayer for Norway was offered. One Lassen of the Ministry of Justice became Prefect of the Territory...
...contending teams from Genoa and Bologna and their supporters arrived simultaneously in the city and a riot was with difficulty prevented. The game was postponed for two days. Meantime, feeling ran high, higher, most high. Insults became deadly, deadlier, most deadly. Threats became bloody, bloodier, most bloody. The Prefect, alarmed, said there would be no game this year in Turin...
...Morain, Prefect of Police, was on the spot. Amid jeers, hoots and hisses; he lectured the students: "You are free to manifest your opinions, but you must not resort to acts of violence...
...Prefect smiled, said: "If they shout 'Down with the Fatherland,' why you might use your fists, but don't use canes...