Word: sevening
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...President of Eire, with authority akin to that of a U. S. President, will be the State's No. 1 man, elected directly by the people for seven years and ineligible for a second term. He will appoint the prime minister, cabinet, judiciary, will be head of the defense forces, must pen his signature to bills passed by the legislature before they can become law. The President will not be answerable to the legislature, cannot be prosecuted for crimes civil or criminal, can be impeached only for ''treason or high crimes" by a two-thirds majority...
...General Flores da Cunha is apparently convinced, Getulio Vargas means to succeed himself again next year, the General may be able to start his civil war near home. President Vargas is most unpopular in Sao Paulo, which last week saw the first real chance in seven years to squeeze back into power through a brawl in Rio Grande. Strongly nationalist President Vargas is unpopular also in such States as Para and Amazonas, whose ambitious plans to import cheap Japanese labor for their rubber plantations the President halted with his 1934 immigration law. Under its terms, immigration from any nation...
...Seven weeks and six days after it opened (TIME, March 22) in Manhattan, where 22,000 bowlers had bowled 37,675,584 Ib. of bowling balls 73,139 miles at 40,170 brand-new pins on 28 especially constructed alleys, the 37th annual American Bowling Congress last week finally drew to a close. Outstanding scores...
...which the hero is an egocentric murderer and in which the action consists of his efforts to conceal one brutal crime while preparing for another, comes under the head of a daring cinematic experiment. Any picture in which Robert Montgomery, whose previous contribution to the screen has been a seven-year marathon of ingenuous charm, gives a first-rate performance in a difficult role, rates as at least a major surprise. Night Must Fall, adapted from the play which Emlyn Williams wrote and acted for a year in London and two months in Manhattan (TIME, Oct. 12), scores on both...
...Harvard teams and a team representing the Boston Rugby Club will clash this afternoon at 2 o'clock on Soldiers Field in a Seven-a-side Rugby Round Robin Tournament. As far as it is known this will be the first time that such a type of rugby has been played in this country. The game is very fast and open, with the teams substituting every five minutes...