Word: westing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...German colonies were distributed in 1919 as follows: German East Africa (Britain); German South West Africa (Britain); Cameroon (Britain and France); Togoland (Britain and France); German New Guinea? comprising Kaiser Wilhelm's land, Bismarck Archipelago, German Solomon Islands, Nauru ?(Britain); Marianne Islands, Caroline Islands, Marshall Island, Pelew Island (Japan). All these colonies are mandated by the League of Nations...
...land of golden dreams. And all this was but 60 years ago. . . . These 60 years just past must constitute one full chapter in the history of Japan. During all that time the Pacific Ocean, so illimitable then to us, has been growing more narrow daily. The East and the West, which stood aloof without a thing in common except their common humanity, have been by that wonderful thread drawn closer and closer together, until today we stand shoulder to shoulder as friends and allies, defying the power of the force of evil to destroy that splendid heritage which...
...touch of green, rising from lawn to treetop beneath a little pink spire, where three high roads cross, marks the spot where English begins to be spoken as one walks west from the lower East side of Manhattan: St. Mark's-in-the-Bouwerie...
...West, polo teams from the following universities competed in elimination tournaments: Arizona, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico A. and M., New Mexico Military Institute, Texas Aggies, Stanford. The University of Arizona...
...East, elimination tournaments were contested by Princeton, Yale, Harvard, West Point, Cornell, Pennsylvania Military College, Norwich, the University of Pennsylvania. Princeton won over all, having been defeated but once, by Yale...