Word: rested
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Some Far Eastern observers, who knew the devious methods of Oriental politics figured this was a mere "trial balloon" of the Generalissimo. This week, however, this notion was set at rest. At a meeting in Chungking Mr. Wang was read out of the party for "deserting his post and suing for peace in contradiction to national policy." Some 200 Wang followers were arrested...
...among them the commander-in-chief as well as the head of the civil guards responsible for the bloody suppression of the Nacistas; 3) received the routine resignations of 15 ambassadors; 4) submitted to the Chamber of Deputies a decree permitting former President Alessandri to leave Chile for "a rest" in Europe, despite a Constitutional requirement that the old President remain in Chile until six months after termination of office; 5) considered recognition of the Soviet Union; 6) put into effect a nationwide reduction in bread prices; 7) raised hours of employment of Federal workers to eight...
...sure to be the following well-beloved four: The Church's One Foundation; O, Jesus, I Have Promised; Onward, Christian Soldiers; Softly Now the Light of Day. Last week Rt. Rev. Benjamin Dunlap Dagwell, chub-cheeked Episcopal Bishop of Oregon, suggested that these old soldiers be given a rest. Said the Bishop, who has sung them since he was a chub-cheeked choirboy: "They are fine hymns and should be used from time to time, but I get tired of singing them about a hundred times a year...
...tangible results from Widow Nieman's bequest to "elevate the standards of journalism . . ." can hardly be expected until the present Fellows get back to their typewriters. Meanwhile, they are having a fine time. Bachelor Fellow Herb Lyons of the Mobile Press Register lives in a domitory; all the rest have apartments or houses. Their wives complain that they are rarely home for dinner. Ebullient Ed Lahey, who already knows most of the Cambridge cops by name and won enough from his fellow Fellows in a poker game to buy a ton of coal, has begun to educate Boston. When...
...chief weakness lies in the poor quality of the acting performances, excepting that of the little Indian boy Sabu. Unlike the mediocre portrayals turned in by the rest of the cast, his rendering of the role of Prince Azim is an artistic triumph. With his frank smile and unassuming manner, the boy has an appealing personality and a complete naturalness that stamp him as a really fine child actor...