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During his tenure of office, (1919-1923), Stambuliski ruled the land with the same autocratic sway as had Stefen Stambulov (born of humble parents, self educated, Premier 1887-1894, assassinated 1895). He had the support of the agrarians, but practically every other party was against him. It was because of his dictatorial rule that Stambuliski fell from power...
Only condolences and sympathy are in order for those whom the heat of yesterday afternoon drove away before the Great Ninth Inning. Others who allowed the predominant blue color of the score up to and even including the seventh inning to sway their scorched spirits in the direction of the exits are suffering sufficiently now to make any recriminations useless. Those who remained had the faith which moves mountains, and as the sun was setting they saw the mountains move...
Other magnates who " hold Germany in despotic sway...
...great outstanding feature of the history of Ethiopia was that the Ethiopian cultural unit stood as an outpost of Egyptian civilization in Middle Africa," writes Professor Reisner. He shows that Ethiopia had become thoroughly Egyptianized while it was under the sway of Egypt, and the Egyptian influence, though gradually diminishing, remained dominant for hundreds of years. During the Meroitic kingdom,--the period when Meroe was the capital,--Professor Reisner finds that several times Egyptian influences on Ethiopian culture were reintroduced and the Egyptian arts and crafts were revived, possibly through the importation of Egyptian craftsmen. The Ethiopians, however, were...
...taxes with which they keep up large armies. There are also Great Tuchuns?the War Lords? who control groups of Tuchuns. These men are the real rulers of modern China; their word is law; they control the Government and the future. As there is no national army, their autocratic sway is undisputed?ex- cept among themselves. As a matter of fact, the President himself is a Tuchun, for he is the virtual military governor of several districts in the proximity of Peking...