Word: proceeding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Year's Day any inhabitant of the world can grasp the hand of the President of the U. S. He must go to the White House .between 1 and 3 p.m. He will stand in line, enter at the front door, notice the mistletoe hung from the chandelier, proceed to the Blue Room, extend his right hand to the President and Mrs. Coolidge, take leave with dignity. On Jan. 1, 1927, 3,185 people* did these things. One-third of them, including the Diplomatic Corps and Washington officials, were received before" noon...
...Russian, despite her U. S. passport and the fact that she could not speak Russian. Acting with this assertion as their excuse they took from her: 1) letters of credit aggregating $3,000; 2) all her "undecipherable" papers and notes in English. Mrs. Flanagan was then allowed to proceed, reached Reval, applied to the local Soviet consul, and secured through him the return of her papers. He explained that the local frontier officials had exceeded their authority, patriotically supposing that "nobody ought to be allowed to have as much money as did Mme. Flanagan...
Further Provisos. 1) Panama will suppress any radio apparatus set up within her borders upon notice from the U. S. that it is to the detriment of the defenses of the Canal. 2) Upon due notice, the armed forces of the U. S. may proceed into or through Panama, even in peace time, for "maneuvers or other military purposes." 3) The flight of U. S. military aircraft over Panama shall be unrestricted, but other foreign aircraft shall be regulated with the cardinal purpose of protecting the Canal. 4) The U. S. receives in perpetuity the "use, occupation and control...
...well that everyone knows Fascism does not fear either verbal or actual antagonists. What Fascism refuses to permit is liberty of libel, which is also severely banned by American legislation. That is to say, we insist upon tranquillity arid security for the Italian people, whose productive rhythm must proceed without being disturbed. Do you believe we can stop our march at every step to bend to pick up miserable scraps of paper which are thrown...
...engine. Dashing through the town, they laid hands on whatever Jews and Jewesses they chanced to meet, dragged these unfortunates to the railway station and flogged them severely. Then, releasing the engineer, they made a final gesture of scorn by climbing back into their train and allowing him to proceed, confident that he would not take revenge for his people by wrecking them since he would perish first. Arrived at Jassy they spat upon him and dispersed to their homes...