Word: upped
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Next, fearing that he would leave his wealth to Perry Pickle, the stepchild of Mrs. Trunnion's sister-in-law, Mrs. Trunnion robbed the Commodore and assured him that any legal steps he might make she would frustrate by having him locked up as a lunatic.
International Security. "The problem of the League of Nations is the prob-lem of Security," began Messiah MacDonald quietly. Recalling that during his short previous term as Prime Minister in 1924 he sought to secure the peace of Europe by championing the Geneva Protocol (intended to "put teeth into the...
Following up this line later in the week, British Foreign Secretary "Uncle Arthur" Henderson made a concrete proposal: that Articles XII and XV of the League Covenant?which envision recourse to arms among member states in certain circumstances?be amended into harmony with the Kellogg-Briand Pact renouncing war and...
"It proved to be the darkest hour before the dawn. The room was insufferably hot. It all seemed over. Somebody moved for adjournment for ten minutes to give us a chance to get a breath of air. We broke up into little groups. The British remained in the conference room...
All up and down Britain the Snowden victory seemed such good politics, last week, that dopesters freely declared the Laborites could win another 50 seats in Parliament if they could find a plausible pretext to hold a general election this month.