Word: sown
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...over three quarters of a century she has been grinding unequal rights of trade and property from the Chinese, and of late years forcing upon them the lucrative opium trade. An aggressive policy in China will merely reap for us a share of the odium of which Britain has sown the seeds. Our marines will be serving foreign interests as much...
...hard, sterile, and overgrown with weeds. Some sections have had no care for over twenty years. Yet some 6,000 species of hardy plants are now growing in the beds, 2,000 are in the cold greenhouse awaiting planting next spring, and over 2,000 species are being sown this winter. The 10,000 species of hardy herbs now listed in the office records include nearly all the species commonly grown and more than half the species known to be in cultivation. The most complete collection of hardy herbs on this continent is now assembled here...
...Shootings are the order of the day through all the Republic. We can cite a number of cases which prove our statements, but we shall refer to only one, that in the city of Leon in the State of Guanajuato, which, for cruel, barbarous, inhuman and unjust treatment, has sown the most profound discontent throughout the republic...
...system seems to make little difference; undergraduates, in general are not attracted to a debate, even if the subject interests them. One of our correspondents blames the admission charge; another believes the interest in debate is not sown early enough. Perhaps a third reason for this student indifference is the fact that if the subject interests them. American undergraduates want to participate in the discussion on it. They will not do this however, if the discussion has nay formal aspects; they require a free, informal atmosphere. It may be that forums will fill their needs. It seems sure that discussions...
...erstwhile young scapegrace, it was touted, has brought back from the Occident more than a world-notorious name, has sown among his benighted people the priceless seeds of Western knowledge. . . . Cynics scented propaganda in the despatch, awaited more of the same from Sir Hari's highly paid and skillful British advisers. The late Maharaja, Sir Pratap Singh, has not been long in his grave (TIME, Oct. 5, MILESTONESQ, and the coronation of his nephew, Sir Hari (TIME, March 8), occurred so recently as to preclude $150,000 increase in the Kashmir forest revenues by any "Western" method- except...