Word: soldierly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Anyone wearing a uniform of a soldier, be he American, French. British, German or Italian, willing or unwilling, must obey the orders; he has no other choice and he is a hero...
...further satisfy Mr. Wilson's curiosity I'll say that I am a soldier, an American and I have the privilege to say what I do think...
President Hoover is prepared to lose a million or so votes by his stand against immediate cashing of the Soldier Bonus (and his sour remarks about the B. E. F.). For weeks his managers have been loudly demanding that the Democratic national ticket also declare itself on the Bonus in the hope of thus eliminating it as a campaign issue. Last week in Manhattan Vice Presidential Nominee Garner announced...
...late Albert Merritt Billings (Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co., New York City's elevated railways, Memphis street railways. Missouri Pacific, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul) was his uncle. Cousin is Cornelius Kingsley Garrison Billings, chairman of Union Carbide & Carbon. Another cousin was Dr. John Shaw Billings (1838-1913). soldier builder of libraries...
Sons takes up the tale where The Good Earth dropped it, at Wang Lung's death. His three sons, Wang the Landlord, Wang the Merchant, Wang the Soldier, divide the property. Wang the Soldier, who likes to be called Wang the Tiger, takes his in cash. He has a scheme to revolt against his aging general, lead the best of his troops to another province and set up as a war lord for himself. His scheme succeeds, and when he delivers his chosen province from the tyranny of The Hawk, brigand in residence there, he finds his career ready...