Word: willingly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Sometimes, even among the best families, accidents will happen. In Nagyrev village, one Mrs. Fazekas was much in demand as a "wise woman'' or midwife because of the frequency with which unwanted babies were born dead under her ministrations. Unfortunately mothers often died as well. One day Mrs...
Good King Nadir wisely and benevolently announced last week that his prohibition law will apply only to native Moslems, will exempt Christian and other foreigners whose holy books enjoin them to take wine.*
"Any official of my government or member of Parliament who is found in an intoxicated condition." thundered Nadir, "will be stripped of his rank and severely punished."
After seven years of power, business-like Dictator Kemal is itching to save wasted hours. But he is cautious. Last week he merely tabled before the National Assembly a bill which, if taken up and passed, would make the first day of the Turkish week fall on what is now...
"Gentlemen, conquest is not our purpose. We will not keep one single square inch of Chinese territory. Good night."