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Word: strife (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Catholics of Colmar, gathered together to protest against the religious war that the present Government has declared upon them, raise their voices against the project of unchaining religious strife in Alsace and Lorraine, without taking heed of the extremely difficult political situation of France both in the interior and in the foreign domain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Alsace-Lorraine | 9/8/1924 | See Source »

...reunification of China. China as such is internationally little more than a geographical expression. Nothing short of a civil war between the Centre under Gen. Wu, "biggest man in China," the South under Dr. Sun Yatsen, and the North under Marshal Chang can ever clear away the political strife which for years has thrown the country into annual turmoil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: War? | 9/8/1924 | See Source »

...gotten surplus capital acquired by exploiting the resources and the people of our country begets the imperialism which hunts down and exploits the natural resources and the people of foreign countries, erects huge armaments for the protection of its investments, breeds international strife in the markets of the world, and inevitably leads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Progressives | 7/14/1924 | See Source »

Last week it was unveiled. The President of the Town Council, the U. S. Consul, Sir Eric Drummond (Secretary General of the League) made speeches. Sir Eric made reference to "the atmosphere of Geneva, which, being clear from any international strife, has an appealing virtue which tends to render passions less violent and disputes less bitter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS: In Memoriam Wilsonis | 7/14/1924 | See Source »

...then added: "I declare that as long as the Powers, including the American Government, persist in recognition of the Wu Pei Fu clique as the Chinese Government, there will and must be disorder and strife in China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Resuscitated | 6/2/1924 | See Source »

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