Word: storms
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...islands of Hawaii is Oahu on which Honolulu is situate. Eight miles to the west of the city, the land recedes in a sinuous curve and ten square miles of Pacific Ocean rolls in through a channel, mountain-flanked. This is Pearl Harbor where ships may ride, safe from storm, safe from hostile view. Behind it rises the impassable Koolau and Waianae mountains. As a naval base, it is unexcelled...
...rumor, attributed to Finance Minister Joseph Caillaux, that France intended to sell Indo-China and the Antilles to the U. S. provoked a storm of indignation in Paris, particularly among the Colonial Deputies. There was, however, not the slightest foundation in fact for the rumor...
...Opposition parties supporting ex-Chancellor Wilhelm Marx, to whom Hindenburg was also a national hero, bitterly denounced dragging the "old man of Hanover" into politics. A storm of criticism broke over the heads of the pro-monarchist leaders which did not spare the Field Marshal himself. It was commented that he was too old, that foreign opinion would turn against Germany if he were elected, that it was a sign of fright, weakness, imbecility on the part of the pro-monarchists to run him, that German business men were horrified at his selection, that he had not the least qualification...
...somewhat delayed by late examinations but will arrive in New York at least two days before the games. Porritt has the distinction of having broken the English intercollegiate record in the 100-yard dash which had stood for over 70 years. He accomplished this feat during a snow storm in the Oxford Cambridge meet in March, running the distance in 9.9 seconds. He is also a hurdler and captured second place in both hurdle events in the same meet...
...last act was not yet written. A storm quickly brewed over the Premier's reference to a bill to alleviate the position of the Treasury. It was allowed to leak out that the Government intended to impose a capital levy of 10% in the form of a mortgage under which 1% per annum of the capital sum must be paid. This rumor, for it was nothing more, aroused the political elements to tornadic fury. M. Loucheur instantly withdrew his support from the Premier. This was not so serious as what followed. The Unified Socialists, under ex-Premier Aristide Briand...