Word: thornes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Rector of St. Mark's-in-the-Bouwerie, Manhattan, thorn-in-the-flesh of William T. Manning, Bishop...
This genial little Frenchman from the Midi goes where he likes, even into Soviet Russia, says what he thinks, does as he pleases. He is a thorn in the side of the Quai d'Orsay...
...principal thorn in Japanese flesh is the massacre (in 1920) of Japanese at Nikolaievsk in Russia. Japan demanded an apology and indemnities. The Soviet Government does not mind apologizing, but it is positively recalcitrant over paying an indemnity...
...Drew a Crowd. The Rev. Ernest Thorn of Peckham, England, has gone to extreme lengths to solve the problem of lax church attendance. Last week he appeared before his flock as Abraham at the age of 127, and told the story of Sarah's death and the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. He asked the audience to refrain from applause, and requested that no one regard it as a performance. So great a crowd did he draw that he packed his church twice over. In this connection, it may be pointed out that the modern theatre arose...
Francisco Paneho Villa, ex-thorn in the flesh, is listed as one of the five largest producers of grain in Mexico. He has paid American manufacturers many thousands of dollars for farm equipment used on his estate at Cunutello, Durango. And according to his country's embassy at Washington, he is piously keeping his promise to keep out of the political drama...