Word: sovereign
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...least. . . . Oboe outbursts blatted blithely, beating drums too, bellowed near. Bedizened elephants and camels, caused a ringing round of cheer. This was time for fun and feasting, flout all thought of foolish fear. But a monarch of the forest flung his head in furious rage, Naught he cared for sovereign sahib, sought some foe now to engage; While the crowd in panic parted, perilled pundits sought a sage. . . . Through the throng just then there thundered, Than upon his tawny steed. Here the crowd went wild with clamor, dauntless courage met their need; Cameleer charging onward, urged his camel to high...
...Persecution." Most judges and statesmen do not regard enforcement of any law enacted by the legislature of a sovereign state as "persecution." Sir Esmond Ovey, trained in the British Foreign Office tradition of using words exactly and not loosely (of "saying what one means and meaning what one says"), concludes with the regret of a Churchman forced to give the Devil his due: "There is no religious persecution in Russia in the strict sense of the term 'persecution,' and no case has been discovered of a priest or anyone else being punished for the practice of religion...
...Wembley the Sovereign was doing his royal best to seem as interested in the Arsenal-Huddersfield soccer match for the "English Cup'' as were most of the excited spectators. When the Graf nosed down and dipped her flag in salute to royalty there were angry cries of "Get out of the light!" and a peppery person was heard to storm: "How did those Germans know the King was here! Spies! Spies every one of them...
...Curran, cocky and combative, refused to let his Dry inquisitors dismay him by their wilful interpretations of these facts. With redoubled pertness, he shot back at them: "The 18th Amendment will be repealed in about five years, I think. There are five sovereign States [New York, Maryland, Wisconsin, Montana, Nevada] now in revolt against this measure. . . . Three out of four Americans are in revolt. . . . This is the driest Congress we have ever had or ever will have. We have reached the bottom of the hill. The halcyon days of Prohibition are over. The tide is turning...
Money lenders to sovereign States are the firm of Kreuger & Toll, financing company of "The Swedish Match Trust...