Word: primed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...leftward swing by the voters to pre-ponderately support this group of groups would very probably result in the eventual replacement of Prime Minister Poincaré by some outstanding member of the Cartel des Gauches and would lead to less orthodox handling of State finance. As may be seen from the above summary, it is a curious fact that the leaders of both the large rival groupings are now members of the present Sacred Union Cabinet which was assembled during the franc crisis from leaders of all parties. Thus no matter which way the election swings, a considerable proportion...
Though Il Duce and Il Re are known to be not always upon the best of terms, the Prime Minister's office carefully informed the press that when news of the explosion reached Signor Mussolini "he bounded from his chair with a mixture of sadness and indignation upon his face." Later the Prime Minister & Head of the State telegraphed His Majesty as follows...
...contrast to these blatancies, came news that Signor Mussolini was unusually active last week in participating in a series of quiet conferences with visiting foreign statesmen, which began when he received Turkish Foreign Minister Tewfik Rushdi Bey in Milan (TIME, April 16). Further august visitors received last week were Prime Minister Count Bethlen of Hungary, Foreign Minister August Zaleski of Poland, Foreign Minister Andrew Michalapoulos of Greece, and German Finance Minister Dr. Heinrich Koehler...
...political thunderbolt, craftily prepared, was hurled by Prime Minister Baron Giichi Tanaka, last week, in an effort to weaken the Opposition parties by discrediting their extreme left wing, the Ronoto or Farmer-Laborites. The vital import of the Ronoto is that its two Deputies give the Opposition a theoretical plurality of two over the Government parties, in the newly elected Diet (TIME, March 5) which will shortly assemble. Numbers: Opposition, including Ronoto, 228; Government, 226; and Independents...
...substantiate the thunderbolt thus hurled by Prime Minister Tanaka, the Ministry of Justice next blazoned a propaganda leaflet allegedly seized during one of the police raids. Text...