Word: tides
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...full time that it was her turn, and in her worst despair, from the chaos of industrial strife, class enmity and communistic threats she has evolved a system and a leader, or rather, a leader who has created a system. Now, on the surge of the conquering tide of that system Signor Mussolini has been swept into power and the world has been galvanized by his first official utterance. With complete confidence in his party and in himself he has chosen to honor the king, respect the Senate, but to challenge the Chamber...
...Tide Over Readjustment...
First--To help tide over the period of readjustment from Government to private operation. To accomplish this purpose it was provided that the guaranteed compensation paid for the use of the railroads during Federal Control should be continued for a period of six months after March 1, 1920, it being assumed that within that period a normal relationship between expenses and revenues could be restored. A fund was also provided from which, during a period of two years, loans might be made to railroads whose credit would not permit borrowing in the open market...
...bridge for the crossing of western civilization to Asia will now, while in the hands of a powerful and fanatical Turkey, become an impenetrable wall, blocking the passage of progress and civilization to the east. Someone has said that the Turks always constitute the undertow to every tide of civilization. History has proven this, and it will be repeated if the Turks are not kept out of non-Turkish territories...
...worthy old Bow-street runner, as a warning to sailors who might be disposed to murder revenue officers. So Kidd, as we say, did not set the fashion in these matters, when he came down to take his place on the gallows set on the uncovered beach when the tide...