Word: sensationism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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La doctoresse Pelletier, ardent feminist, created a sensation at the Faubourg Club in Paris by stating that women are as brave and as enduring as men and should be soldiers. Her suggestion was voted down with cries of: " Yes, we have no red trousers today."
Secretary Hughes first spoke of the waste of time in official circles through unnecessary contrasts and went on to mention the thrist for sensation and relentless need of motion that has permeated the whole country.
Commission of Inquiry. The Commission of Inquiry constituted by the Council of Ambassadors (TiME, Sept. 17) to establish the exact responsibility for the Janina murders, continued its deliberations. An Albanian shepherd testified that he had been asked by the Albanian Governor of Argyrokastro " to assassinate a mission." His evidence created...
The question of whether the clock was turned back an hour on Saturday night or on Sunday morning might well furnish the theme for a hot debate. It is much the same problem as that in the old Greek dilemna of the lawyer and his prentice. But waiving this point...
His remarkable rhetorical power and his great diplomatic skill have won for him a high place in the opinion of the world. His great abilities were recognized at the Peace Conference in Paris, where he created a sensation by refusing to sign the Treaty of Trianon. Prior to the War...