Word: virtually
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...British note accused the Bolsheviki of violating the terms of the Anglo-Russian commercial agreement, and, of course, with seizing the trawler. The note was a virtual ultimatum, which incensed the Soviet Government. "Don't dictate," say the Bolsheviki, "we are ready to negotiate on equal terms, but we will not be led!" That is the gist of the Soviet reply to Curzon. Much capital has been made out of a British warship, which is now in the White Sea, but it is certain that neither Britain nor Russia has any intention of going to war. The most that...
...formal announcement that such a tour will occur, but inasmuch as certain details of it are becoming known-that it will contain 20 chief speeches, that it will cover the entire country from coast to coast, that it will include a trip to Alaska-it is considered a virtual certainty. The impression which Mr. Harding makes on that tour will be an important factor in the election of 1924. The speeches he will deliver are being heralded as the basis of the Republican platform for 1924. Announcements by three members of his cabi- cabinet that he will run in that...
...French Academy, the highest authority in France on matters literary-given official recognition by Cardinal Richelieu, the virtual ruler of France, in 1635-ordained that the English word "interview " shall hereafter be considered a good French word and incorporated in the new dictionary upon which work has been progressing for many years. Although the word "gentilhomme " exists in the French lexicon, it was recently decided to add the English equivalent "gentleman...
...real rulers of modern China; their word is law; they control the Government and the future. As there is no national army, their autocratic sway is undisputed?ex- cept among themselves. As a matter of fact, the President himself is a Tuchun, for he is the virtual military governor of several districts in the proximity of Peking...
Following on the heels of the virtual downfall of Terrigiani, head of the Grand Orient Order of Masons in Italy, who was reduced to a position of political impotence by the recent Fascista decree denying political rights to the Masons, comes the news of Serrati's arrest. Menotti Serrati is the editor of Avanti, most radical newspaper of the Socialist party. His arrest for plotting against the safety of the state is considered a vindication of Mussolini's recent threat that he would carry his war against Bolshevism into the enemy's camp...