Word: righte
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...report, and later became the first Agent General of Reparations. Henry M. Robinson was a member of "Committee No. 2," which decided how much Germany could annually pay, and told "Committee No. 1." This second committee was chairmaned by onetime (1915-1916) Chancellor of the British Exchequer, the Right Honorable Reginald McKenna. Europeans did a major part of the work of both committees. General Dawes was important for his curt, dynamic generalship...
...five-year-old Crown Prince Peter" (TIME, May 10). The sap was running strong in M. Pashitch yet, it seemed. When he rode away to the Royal Palace it must have been to accept the Premiership for the twelfth time. Pashitch would take the helm. Everything would be all right...
When M. Pashitch returned from his conference with King Alexander he went straight to bed. Later he tossed and moaned, became unconscious. His physicians, hurriedly summoned, found that an artery in the brain of M. Pashitch had burst. There was no hope. The right half of the brain was already paralyzed. To relieve the blood pressure and permit M. Pashitch to recover consciousness for a few minutes external bleeding was induced by an incision. For an instant he rallied, recognized his daughter and whispered something as she bent over him. Then Death came in a red mist. Jugoslavia had lost...
Citizens of La Paz, Bolivia, sought the polls last week for a municipal election. As each approached the ballot box his right hand was seized by a policeman who tattooed the palm with a special stamp...
...your hand will fade out in a few days. Its purpose is to prevent you from voting illegally more than once. At the last election it is estimated that 50% of the voters 'repeated.' If you have been tattooed anywhere except inconspicuously on the palm of the right hand you possess the right to complain to the municipality...