Word: winning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...short, to promise Englishmen whatever they want, and to blame the Conservatives for unemployment, failure to meet the Coolidge naval limitations proposals, and inability to wriggle out of paying what the Empire owes the U. S. Throughout his speech Mr. Lloyd George never once suggested that he might win a partial victory-i. e., enough seats to put him at the head of a coalition Cabinet-'but thundered and boasted that the triumph of Liberalism would be sweeping and complete. Since there are today a mere 40 Liberals among the 615 members of the House of Commons, and since...
Almost nobody is too poor to play in the State Lottery at Naples which is drawn every week. Though a very beggar may have but 50 centesimi (2½?), one of the 150 state banks will let him risk his all. Shoals of poor people win petty sums every week. But naturally the most stupendous prizes-paid on luckiest combinations of lucky numbers-turn up only once or twice in a decade. Six years ago $2,000,000 was won on the series 8, 65, 90, and ever since, with a peculiar fatalism, thousands of people in Southern Italy have...
...hesitant attitude of the armed forces of the Republic-on which everything depended-was quaintly shown when ships of the Mexican fleet off Vera Cruz fired at the revolutionaries in the city a few shots which must have been blanks, since they did no damage. Thus should the government win, the fleet would have "fired" in its defense, and, should the revolution triumph, Mexico's swarthy sea-dogs would have deserved well...
...open tournament is to be held directly after the Intercollegiates, in which the best teams of the country will compete for the National Championship. If the Harvard malletmen should emerge victors in the former event, it is quite possible that they may win the open tournament, thus establishing themselves as the foremost trio in indoor polo this season...
...scored 25 points to win with Georgetown second with 22.25 points and Pennsylvania and Cornell third and fourth with 21.25 and 19.5 respectively. Harvard gained...