Word: splitting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...significant and potentially important event took place last week in China: The two Nationalist governments, which have, since the split* last spring (TIME, March 28) functioned at Hankow and Nanking, united as a single government at Nanking. The new government, which holds sway only in territory to the south of Nanking, is controlled by a commission of five. In addition there are two councils, one on education, the other on military affairs, as well as a cabinet. This new regime marks the beginning of a new future for the Nationalist cause, i. e., the unification of China under a single...
...split occurred soon after General Chiang Kai-Shek captured Shanghai. An attempt was made to wrest power from the victorious general who evaded the move by setting up an independent regime at Nan king and denouncing the government at Hankow as bolshevist...
...dispute allegedly threatened to disrupt, split and irrevocably sunder the entire party. No alarm was felt, however; Rome was amused, hilarious, even enthusiastic over the daily ebullitions of the four disputants. Then the Facist fiat put an end to their fulminations. The comedy was over. Rome smiled and turned expectantly to II Duce for the next thrill...
...York Times, cabled an opinion: "All signs now indicate that the Communist Party has emerged stronger than ever from what appeared to be the gravest crisis in its history. . . . Here is the real secret of the events of the past week. The stage was all set for a split-one might almost say it actually occurred-and then suddenly, almost miraculously, it was averted." The greater part of the Committee's 5,000-word resolution was taken up with a recital of alleged political irregularities by the Opposition; but tucked away in one clause was an important concession...
...wings did not raise the curious Tremaine monoplane high enough. Trying to clear a cliff, it bumped into it. The fusilage split and the plane fell amid a flaming mass of sparks. When saviors came they found Flyers George W. D. Covell and Richard S. Waggener, Navy lieutenants, cremated...