Word: unrest
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...declared throughout Spain tonight, following resignation of the government of prime minister Alejandro Lerroux. This is the second step toward martial law, permitting the authorities certain mandatory privileges over civilians, martial law will be next and may be declared if the government crisis is not settled shortly or labor unrest causes renewed violence. The president set about seeking a new prime minister immediately to give Spain a new government...
...very long: this poker-playing parliamentarian is plainly not cut out for the Strong Man which events both foreign and domestic foreshadow. The dizzy succession of cabinets has played into the hands of the fascist element, and the Royalists have contributed their little bit to the general unrest and dissatisfaction, though they are in a hopeless minority as far as independent action is concerned. It would not be surprising if the fascists won them over, as in Germany, by promises later easily annulled. The plight of the Left Wing is particularly acute in such a nationalistic country, of course, faced...
...film shows the amazing social changes during the past two decades. Starting with the War, it carries through the times of unrest, strikes and the jazz age. It recalls the boom and the crash--and the thousand and one things that brought bewilderment to the average man who looked at the constant changes...
Floridians were overjoyed. An unusually cold winter in the North, political unrest that had kept people from making their usual visit to Cuba, a dollar devaluation that had made the Riviera too expensive all contributed to this second blooming. Other signs of prosperity...
...this commodity. There is no question that they were perfectly justified in wishing to end the competition of American and Philippine sugar production. But American capital had previously overdeveloped cane plantations in Cuba; and the depression coming pari passu with high tariff was the cause of the present unrest. From the consumer's point of view these tariffs against Cuban sugar are unfortunate; the American growers cannot satisfactorily supply the market demand, and Cuban sugar is cheaper and of a higher grade. If the Philippine production could be cut out of the market, there would be consumption adequate to support...