Word: exploitation
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Stanley made two other African journeys: across the continent and down the Congo River to the Atlantic (an exploration which resulted in the formation of Congo Free State); and his most famed exploit-the relief expedition to Emin Pasha. When "Chinese'' Gordon was cut off in Khartoum by the Mahdi's fanatics, the only Egyptian force in the Sudan to escape annihilation was one commanded by Emin Pasha (real name: Eduard Schnitzer). To rescue Emin Pasha became The Thing in England: Stanley was put in charge of the expedition. Practically everything that could go wrong...
Greek citizens who did not invest in Insull securities in the past may have a chance to do so in the future. United Pressman Anthony Kedras reported from Athens last week that Mr. Insull was ready to confer with a group of fascinated Greek bankers anxious to exploit Greek railroads, draining projects, electric concerns in the Insull manner...
Shortly thereafter, Jersey's Governor Arthur Harry Moore, with an extradition requisition laid before him, announced: "I have heard enough. ... I feel constrained to deny the application. ..." He was still talking when the crowd began to cheer. Prisoner Burns kissed his hand, promised not "to exploit this decision for my own benefit...
...action. Last week he sprang on Anglo-Persian Oil Co. Ltd., stock control of which is held by the Government of Britain's King George V, no tiger. In Teheran, with Reza Shah Pahlevi presiding, the Persian Cabinet denounced and cancelled Anglo-Persian's concession to exploit 500,000 sq. mi. of Persian oil land which was to have run until...
...croquet expert. In the back seat of his car was a croquet mallet. Raising this on high he edged close to the thrashing, snorting creature and resolutely bashed it on the head until dead. Far from earning him a reputation for brutality, the exploit, reported the Gazette, "has made him the hero of the district and his home the Mecca for sightseers from miles around...