Word: temperance
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...question for the Reich to settle and not a subject of discussion with the French and Belgians. In the meantime the Hitler Guards openly condemned German capitulation in the Ruhr and their leader, Adolph Hitler, ordered "grand maneuvers." Dr. von Knilling seemed unable or unwilling to curb the temper of the Hitlerites, whose audacity knew no bounds. The Government Party became alarmed and the Ministerial Council elected Dr. von Kahr as Dictator...
...muddle of injunctions and appeals and cross-restraining orders in that state deserves a place in the Hall of Fame. The tangle is far too intricate for the lay reader, but one thing is clear. Governor Walton's appeal to force has not been successful, due entirely to the temper of the people of Oklahoma...
...office, and is little more than an amplification of the newspaper articles which he has been contributing to the Hearst press. He is convinced that peace "has gone back perceptibly and unmistakably." "The present year." says he, " has been one of growing gloom and menace; the international temper is distinctly worse all around...
Corfu. The receipt of the Greek note in Italy fanned the public temper to white heat. Numerous violent actions against Greeks occurred from one end of Italy to the other. The Italian Government, which had previously mobilized the fleet at Taranto (in the arch of the Italian boot) refused to accept the Greek reply and ordered its men-of-war to Corfu, a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, west of Greece. On arrival, an Italian naval captain was sent ashore to demand the surrender of the town of Corfu. The Greek Governor stated that he would ask for instructions...
...this occasion the bull was in a bad temper before he was let into the arena. The moment he was released he became maddened and jumped into the enclosure where the amateur fighters were waiting. Quick as a flash they jumped into the grandstand. The crowd took fright and fled panic-stricken to the top tier of seats. The grandstand gave way. Four people were killed. Twenty-five were injured...