Word: virtually
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...exaggeration to say that the eyes of the more serious-minded natives of the world were focussed upon France during the past week. The virtual ousting of M. Millerand from the Presidency (TIME, June 23), the tension of Parliamentary and unparliamentary situations, the Radical rivalry over the succession to the Presidency, the elation of the Left, the bitterness of the Right, the election of M. Doumergue as Chief Magistrate of France, the formation of a Cabinet by M. Edouard Herriot-all these events attracted the world's attention and the official declaration of the new administration's policies...
...note, which was approved by Belgian, British, French and Italian Premiers, was a virtual ultimatum, stating bluntly that the Allies did not believe that Germany had carried out the disarmament clauses of the Versailles Treaty and demanding a general inspection "for three or four months" to establish the true state of Germany's "preparedness." Control by the League of Nations was refused. Upon the result of the inquiry the Allies would base further action...
Cynics professed to see in this move a final gesture to the Honduran Republic before the U. S. marched into the country, in the same manner as she had done in Haiti in 1915, which action resulted in a virtual protectorate...
...functions of Chairman by Dean Briggs was much deeper than the mere change in leaders, for the devotion and efficiency of his predecessor was unquestioned. Dean Briggs' election followed a period of bitter attack upon all phases of intercollegiate athletics, and the new Committee took office with the virtual understanding that upon the success of its control of athletic policies depended the very future of competitive sports between Harvard and other colleges...
Harold Box, young Professor of Dental Pathology at the University of Toronto, has discovered a new disease and a treatment which cures it. The. disease is Rarifying Pericementitis Fibrosa. It is the precursor and virtual cause of pyorrhea...