Word: turning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Daughter of Rosie O'Grady" at the Majestic opens up in unpromising fashion. The Irish hero about to leave ould Ireland is disclosed sobbing lustily on his mother's shoulder, "Oh, mither, mither," while the old lady in turn sobs back, "Oh, me bye, me bye." In this strain of ripe old-fashioned Irish sentiment, the piece continues until the closing scene in which the two are reu- shakeup occurred in the line. Captain McMillan was the only man to remain a regular, and he was shifted to Crago's position at guard, with Bartell, who had been playing...
China has not been allowed to regulate her own customs dues for the last 71 years, and wants to be given that right at once. This question is all but inextricably involved, because the former Imperial Government of China found it convenient to turn its whole tariff-collection system over to John Bull, who as "honest broker," collected the tariff, paid it over to the Imperial Government, and later made loans to China with the tariff as security, the interest upon which now absorbs practically all the money that is collected from this source...
...present weakness. Japan claims, apparently with supporting documents, that Imperial China granted the right to administer her customs "to the foreign power whose trade with China is greatest." And Japan now asserts that Japanese trade with China is heavier than British, and wants Britain to turn over tariff collecting...
...large operators figure chiefly in the Long Island boom, but a little more encouragement from them may turn the Long Island real estate situation into a fine frenzy of speculation...
...Thursday morning the CRIMSON will perpetrate another radical innovation in college journalism when it will turn over its weekly Crime Column to a group of militant Radcliffe maids who are eager to clear themselves of certain slurs cast upon them by the ill-mannered editors of a wretched little local publication known as the Lampoon...