Word: toward
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...July 15 the Tsar and his family were expecting to be rescued by Czechoslovak troops who were advancing toward Ekaterinburg, where the Imperial family were imprisoned. The local "People's Committee" ordered the Tsar and his family executed on July 16-one year after his abdication. Fifteen days later, too late, the Czechoslovaks took Ekaterinburg...
Along the Chinese battlefront west of Shanghai all was suspiciously quiet last week. Suddenly the subordinate Northern general* in command of Shanghai's immediate defenses went over to the Southern enemy, ordered the 2,000 troops under his command to withdraw back toward Shantung whence they came only a fortnight ago (TIME, March 7). Simultaneously the Southern generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek launched a swift attack to cut the Shanghai-Nanking railway at Soochow. The fall of Soochow (reported but unconfirmed) would cut off the Northern armies of the "two great Changs"† from hastening to defend Shanghai and leave...
...Manuel Tellez, Mexican Ambassador to the U. S., suddenly left Washington, last week, journeyed as far toward Mexico as St. Louis, then returned to Washington, finally set out again for Mexico...
...relaxation from this prescribed labor, however, the Vagabond will find time this morning to bend his steps toward Harvard Hall, where there will be two lectures on literature, the first of these taking place at 10 o'clock in Harvard 2 where Professor Murdock will speak on Nathaniel Hawthorne. At 11 o'clock the Vagabond will remove to Harvard 3 to hear Professor Murray on Sheridan...
Like all such realizations of pretty philosophies, New Lanark was far from perfect. It was, nevertheless, an improvement and a guide toward further effort. Due partly to petty jealousies and partly to his own intractable character Owen eventually gave up all interest in New Lanark. He attempted to form a similar colony at New Harmony, Indians but it failed completely, one obvious reason being the inharmonious state of the American frontier...