Word: restorationism
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Ten million Japanese went to the polls last week in the second general election since Japan adopted universal manhood suffrage. Nearly all of them voted for Prime Minister Yuko "Shishi" (i. e. "The Lion") Hamaguchi. The Minseito, his party, gained 101 new seats (giving them 273 of the 466 parliamentary...
V. L. Hennessey '30. returning to the Crimson relay fold for the first time since his restoration to scholastic eligibility, bided his time in the first lap, but then passed his Blue rival to hand the baton to his teammate with three yards to spare. F. E. Cummings '30 ended...
Grecian Restoration. In 1687, Turkish Janizaries, conquerors of southeastern Europe, were besieged at Athens by the Venetians. During the battle a great store of powder blew up inside the Parthenon, scattering columns, frieze and architraves. Townsfolk used blocks of Parthenon marble for doorsteps and pigpens. A hundred years ago Lord...
Kish, one of the first cities to be founded after the waters prevailed upon the earth and Jahveh ordered Noah and his entourage into the ark, has given up more of its interments: the Field Museum-Oxford University Joint Expedition found the traces of the tribe of the Elamites, descendants...
As General Primo de Riyera joined the rank and file of erstwhile dictators yesterday, 200 students were incarcerated for their boisterous exuberance at the restoration of kingly power. Neither Alfonso's refusal to continue as a figurehead in these enlightened times of complete suffrage, nor the machinations of the Army...