Word: revolted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Crown Prince Umberto of Italy, having been feted with royal ceremonies by Argentina (TIME, Aug. 18), departed for Brazil, where he was to have been accorded a royal welcome in the gay capital of Rio de Janeiro. This plan was mutilated, however, by the recent Sao Paulo revolt (TIME, July 14 et seq.), and the chances of the Prince's being assassinated if he landed were thought to 'be so great that President A. da Silva Bernardes requested him to remain upon his warship, where President and Government are to pay him homage...
Early this year (TIME, Feb. 11), a revolution broke out in Honduras. The revolt was caused by presidential candidates in the elections failing to receive a majority. The ballot having failed, the disappointed candidates took to bullets...
After much fighting, the revolt came to an end. Through the offices of Sumner Welles, a special peacemaker sent to Honduras by U. S. President Coolidge, the rival parties were brought together and agreed upon the selection of General Tosta as provisional President (TIME...
Reports were rife that Gen. Angel Flores, defeated in the recent Mexican election (TIME, July 14) by Gen. Plutarco Elias Calles, was planning a revolt. Said he in defense: "My line of conduct since the beginning of the campaign has been such as to place me beyond all suspicion of anything against the constituted Government...
...Only his hands and eyes admit the implication that this business has to do with Art. He was born in Tver, in Northern Russia, and received his first employment as double bass in the Moscow Imperial Opera. He rose to become a conductor and toured Europe with his orchestra. Revolt he has always accepted; even Revolution, with red flags and black drums, did not stop his music. He gave concerts in deserted places, when it was so cold that the brass players had to wear mittens...