Word: war
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Recently, in Iowa, two little girls came home to their father and said, 'We are going to have another war.' The father said, 'What do you mean?' 'Why,' they said, 'we were told at school that President Wilson started the last war and if Governor Smith is elected he is going to start another war...
...other places, Alfred E. Smith was Governor of New York. From 1902 to 1912, Mr. Hoover's official address was London, England. I don't propose to criticize him for that, nor do I propose to forget Mr. Hoover's great humanitarian work during the War. But at the same time Governor Smith was engaged in humanitarian work of equal importance in the State of New York...
...extremely modest means of Viscount Byng of Vimy, famed War hero and now Commissioner of Police at Scotland Yard (TIME, July 16), were augmented last week when some ?750,000 ($3,650,000) was left to Viscountess Byng by her late, eccentric, oleaginous Greek uncle, M. Pandeli Ralli...
...fact, he threatened to resign. The reason was that Minister of War M. Paul Painleve would not relinquish control of military aviation, and Minister of the Navy M. Georges Leygues would not give up his hold on naval aviation. Between the two M. Eynac found he would have to struggle to achieve the full powers of his new office...
...Acting in his capacity of War Minister, the Dictator restored to "active service," last week, that much criticized pilgrim, General Umberto Nobile...