Word: raymonds
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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French Republic. The fluid, radical republicanisms of the French Parliament are now harmonized and harnessed by the "Sacred Union Cabinet" of Premier Raymond Poincare. Because he averted a national panic in 1926 by rescuing the franc from what seemed a bottomless decline, the Chamber now allows him the authority of an absolute dictator over French finance. His reactionary ideas of foreign policy are not, however, stomached by the Chamber, which gives loose rein to that great, constructive pacifist, Foreign Minister Aristide Eriand. The Senate is always ready to follow M. Poincare's conservative financial policies and ever suspicious...
With the Navy measure approved, Premier Raymond Poincare settled down to the heroic task of getting his budget through the Chamber before New Year's and succeeded after an all-night session lasting until 6 a. m. Estimated totals: Revenue 42,496,616,000 francs; expenditures 42,441,457,000; balance...
...Raymond Rouleau, to be archbishop of Quebec and Cardinal; and asked: "Has anyone anything to say?" The cardinals severally raised their red caps in silent & formal assent...
...Raymond Elaine Fosdick, of Curtis, Fosdick & Belknap...
...analyze the elements of so superlative a production is in a way to refute its purpose, its effect. Natalie Hall was the Marguerita. More accurately, the Marguerita was, just incidentally, one Natalie Hall; Mephistopheles was George Fleming Houston; the aged Faust, Patrick Kilkelley; the youthful Faust, Clifford Newdall; Valentin, Raymond Koch. No one of them showed a voice of any great dimensions, but each was vocally adequate and faithful to the tiniest dramatic detail. There were new sets by Robert Edmond Jones, thrilling in color and design, and a new English text by Robert A. Simon, gratefully free from...