Word: reigning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...might themselves be assassinated should their sentence prove too harsh, faced a delicate predicament. Reluctant to take the responsibility of making up their own minds they turned with relief to the August Spirit of the Meiji Emperor (1868-1912). He gave Japan her Constitution. In his long, glorious reign the Empire sprang from medieval lethargy to modern might. After praying at the Meiji Shrine last week the officers emerged no longer perplexed...
...move from his big paneled office in the Chrysler Building but when he did he took offices, like Mr. Beaty, a few floors above his old company. Last week in that office, unlike Mr. Beaty, he had a platoon of stenographers working busily on a campaign to justify his reign. Out to Texaco stockholders and the Press went a 43-page booklet containing Mr. Holmes's version of last spring's boardroom battle and a list of his good works. With it went a letter from a stockholders' committee, asking for proxies for a special stockholders...
...Province he has at last returned to the metropolis; to the same house, in fact. Through the best domestic intelligence we learn that every book, every bridge-lamp, every objet d'art and ash tray is in the exact same spot, facing the very same way as during the reign of President Eliot. Maybe this homecoming was in President Lowell's mind when, in 1909, he had large photographs made of every room and every corner. By means of these pictures, probably similar to those police use in reconstructing crimes, our president-emeritus, whose long rule was one of endless...
...suppression of flagrant, fundamental crime is an important part of the New Deal. . . . What have I to say by way of practical suggestion? Apprehend the kidnappers, catch the racketeers and this reign of terrorism will cease. How? Federalize the police forces of America! Every U. S. marshal, every State and county prosecuting attorney, every sheriff and his deputy, every State police officer would hold a commission from the Federal Government and be a unit under one directing head. . . . The militia of every State stands behind this federalized force. It would be essential that the direction of this plan be centralized...
...platform of widespread fraud. Before Dana had finished, every street urchin knew the phrase, and Kemble was behind bars. Even President Cleveland feared the power of Dana's pen, tried to buy up the Sun to muzzle his attacks. In the 30 years of Dana's reign, the Sun trebled its circulation, added an evening edition...