Word: present
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Referring to the present Pope's masterly diplomacy, as especially shown in settling the Vatican question (TIME, June 17), the Cardinal wrote: "Our Catholic hearts were filled with joy and our souls profoundly touched with indescribable emotion when we realized that the serene, impressive, apostolic, illuminating figure of our beloved Holy Father passed beyond the portals of St. Peter's, out under the blue dome of heaven, bearing Christ himself in the Holy Eucharist. Verified, surely, was the ancient truth: 'Where Peter is, there is the Church; where the Church is, there is Christ. This...
Last week M. Devgalevsky was back in London talking busily with "Uncle Arthur'' Henderson. "Oriental bargaining" produced two points of definite agreement : 1) Russia agreed to withdraw all Soviet agents at present engaged in communist propaganda in India; to give no further help, directly or indirectly, to Indian Communists. 2) Britain agreed to the exchange of ambassadors before discussing the delicate subject of Russia's pre-War debts...
...Present Soviet Commissar for War is quiet, conscientious Klimentiy Voroshilov, "a man," according to famed Correspondent Alexander Nazarov, "whose modesty and lack of excessive talents have been definitely appreciated." Last week untalented Voroshilov went to Bobruisk on the Polish frontier. Snug-buttoned in his ankle-length army overcoat, he reviewed a cavalry division, congratulated Red Army Generals on the successful conclusion of their annual autumn maneuvers...
Russian calendar-makers last week announced that the names of the days and months would not be changed for the present: Soviet weekdays will remain Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, then Monday again "until something better is thought of." Soviet editors and minor officials hastened to think of something better, suggested naming the days numerically, changing Monday, Tuesday, to Oneday, Twoday, or more romantically adopting such strictly Communist titles as Youthday, Womanday, Sovday (Soviet Day) Comday (Comintern...
With the possible exception of that crafty cleric, bald, eagle-beaked ex-Chancellor Ignaz Seipel, Policeman Schober, conservative but officially aligned with no political party, is the strongest figure in present day Austria. Without even waiting for any official announcement of policy from the new Chancellor, without even learning who was to compose his new cabinet, editors of all political faiths sprang to the conclusion that with good Policeman Schober in command everything would be all right...