Word: presents
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Preparations for the parade were interrupted by word that Japanese Ambassador Katsuji Debuchi would attend. Formality demanded singing of the Japanese National Anthem. Distracted officers consulted frantic musicians. Relief came with news that Ambassador Debuchi could not attend after all. Relief was short. On parade, with Governor Ritchie present, 21 paraders were taken ill. Suspected: the liver at lunch...
...clear crack of willow bat on cricket ball, watching their more athletic colleagues play the youngsters of the Royal Naval College. The cadet eleven ginined happily in their spotless white flannels and played close. They had just caught a grizzled Lieutenant-Commander leg-before-wicket, and the present batsmen, for all their massive shin guards and bushy eyebrows, seemed easy. Suddenly at a whispered word from the sidelines the long-white-coated umpire stopped the game and announced...
...Russia and China. President Lu Yung-huang, unmuzzled at last, explained: "Since 1924, violations of the Treaty have been numerous. . . . Soviet Communist propaganda through . , . the railway is proved by documentary evidence seized in the recent raid of the Soviet Consulate at Harbin. We are constrained to take the present drastic measures to safeguard China's interests." Distinctly a threat was his conclusion: "If Russia resorts to retaliatory measures, China is prepared to deal effectively with them...
...career, the organization of the present Mexican air force, a hard business head, an adeptness in Latin-American politico-commercial intrigue...
...something that does not matter while increasing it on things that do." Nevertheless, foreign countries must reduce their duties on U. S. cars to 10% to get the benefit of the U. S. 10% duties on their cars. And certainly every piercing U. S. automotive eye is at present turned toward Europe...