Word: solidity
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Reisner's assistants who had the honor of actually finding the tomb. Allan Rowe '09 and T. R. Greenlees were working according to a plan of action drawn up by Dr. Reisner before leaving, on the plateau of solid rock between the pyramid of Cheops and the Nile. They had come almost to the edge of the rock where it was cut away in prehistoric ages by the Nile and has since been covered every year with a thick layer of the Nile mud which the inundation spreads over the entire valley. The thick layer of sand which has covered...
...Locarno, we Communists oppose the desire for peace of Soviet Russia, which is the only country in the world willing and ready to discuss the question of disarmament. . . . I laugh with those who laugh at Locarno!" While Signor Maffii "laughed," the Chamber ratified the Pacts by a solid Fascist vote, with the Aventine Opposition absent (TIME, Jan. 25) and only two Communists daring to vote contra-Locarno...
...young lady offered to dance for the audience as long as I could play" said Bob in relating the story, "and for a solid hour I played without once stopping. Incidentally the dancing continued after I was forced to stop to catch my breath...
Some days later the magic of M. Briand's deep 'cello voice and the coercive power of his wire-pulling were seen to have had their effects. The Cartellists began to doubt their ability to oppose a solid front to M. Briand. Suppose the Socialist wing of the Cartel should get out of hand once more? They reflected that a Socialist party caucus was shortly to be convoked. After that it might or might not be evident that the Socialists would line up solidly with the Cartel. Why risk a showdown with Briand before them? In a word, all these...
...coalition of the Left parties in the Chamber prior to the period of utter political chaos in which France has weltered of late. Le Cartel existed as a solid bloc which dictated the policy of the Government...