Word: uniformally
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Apparently the spectacle did not interest the Commander-in-Chief-at least not to the point of complimenting the American Navy either by his presence and attention while it passed, or by recognizing the dignity of the occasion by wearing the regulation full-dress presidential uniform...
Ismet, a man of medium build, hard, clad in a tight uniform bespread with medals, seemed last week to retain unaltered the Prussian severity which he acquired some 20 years ago as a cadet at Potsdam. He is now Premier of the Turkish Republic, after fighting through the World War, repeatedly decorated by Wilhelm II for his often victorious services to the Central Powers. Today his hair is growing white, but his eyes are still a keen, steel grey; and, still deaf, he continues to play the little trick of seeming deafer than he is when that suits his purpose...
...portion of the speech in which II Duce dealt with the widespread rumor that his police are a veritable tsar's cheka. He said: "It was necessary to weed out police, especially the plain clothes police. . . . When police are in plain clothes and have not the check of uniform they must be composed of picked men-zealous and silent citizens...
...wears no special uniform but is visibly "a confident citizen of two worlds." He is about 50, ordained only after having shown special qualifications for the spiritual life. His training has consisted in study of Christ's life and two or three years in the Orient to become familiar with mysticism at its source. He comes not to do, or say anything, primarily. He comes "to BE something...
George V of England, in naval uniform, stands hand on hip beside a pensive Wales in khaki. David Lloyd George is carrying a cane, fingering his monocle. Lord Kitchener listens attentively to something Lord French is explaining. A white-turbaned Maharajah smiles behind a bag-piping Scot...