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...Japanese ordinarily refer to the Emperor as Tenno (Heavenly King) or Tenshi (Son of Heaven) and speak of him as Kotei (a Chinese title meaning Emperor) in discussing his relation to non-Japanese affairs. Only foreigners employ in conversation the poetic title Mikado...
...TIME. Dec. 13, you refer to Atlanta as "The Gateway to the South." Caps quoted and everything...
Significance. The speech of General Hertzog created a sensation because of its tone of loyalty to the Empire. At London Premier Hertzog fulminated so violently against the very word "Empire" that even the King-Emperor began to refer to the "Commonwealth...
...grew into a sleek young lioness, the Duce, intrigued, named her Italia Bella. He is wont to enter her iron barred cage crooning "Italia Mia, . . ." and only twice has she scratched him (TIME, July 12). Recently her sleek flanks grew pendulous. The Fascist press began exultantly to refer to her as Sultana, Italia, and she brought forth three cubs...
...farm better today than we did when I was a boy but not as much better as we ought to. ... There is one feature, however, about farm life in America which is seldom, if ever, referred to. ... I refer to the appearance of carelessness and neglect which is so common on our farms. It has always been so; it was so when I was a boy; it is so still. Sometimes I think it is even worse now than was the case 50 years ago. I refer to such things as leaving wagons and farm machinery out in the fields...