Word: supportable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...protest against motors in Venetian gondolas received added impetus recently when the Circolo Italiano gave its support to a petition addressed to Premier Mussolini. The petition reads as follows: "To his Excellency, Benito Mussolini...
...submit to the Chairman of the Department of Government on or before March 14 a written brief in which he states his definition of the question and indicates the nature of the argument which he will make, together with a summary of the evidence which he will offer in support of his contentions. On the basis of these briefs four competitors will be chosen to make the oral arguments. Each competitor should plan to occupy about one-half hour in the presentation of his case...
...Considered and passed the Independent Offices Appropriation Bill, after first restoring the appropriation for the support of the Tariff Commission struck out in Committee of the Whole a week before. (Went to Senate.) The measure carried $452,000,000, of which $405,000,000 was for the Veterans' Bureau. ¶ Passed the Appropriation Bill for the District of Columbia carrying $31,000,000. (Went to Senate...
Recent events in Spanish Morocco were far from reassuring for the Spaniards. For long, the Spanish have had the support of Raisuli,* so-called '"famed Moroccan bandit," but a fortnight...
...easier to order Raisuli's removal than to accomplish it, however. No mule and no prancing Arab steed could be found strong enough to support his grotesque corpulence and a special litter had to be constructed to bear his great weight. A strange cavalcade left Tazreut. First, marched 20 fierce Riffian guards, armed hip and thigh. Second, came a huge, ill-fashioned sedan chair, supported at each corner by a pole and carried by 16 husky men. Inside the sedan box was Raisuli, reclining on soft carpets and magnificent cushions. Over his paunchy, shapeless face he wore a turban...