Word: powerful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...mind of Tacoma's Mayor James Gifford New-begin. Remembering the Navy's statistic, and realizing that the Lexington was tied up at the Puget Sound Navy Yard at Bremerton, not 30 miles away, he wired the Navy Department in Washington and asked the loan of its power plant...
...Navy Adams cancelled the Lexington's sailing orders, reconsidered Tacoma's request. Naval officers admitted that the Lexington's 190,000 h. p. plant could generate nearly three times (140,000 kilowatts) the amount of electricity required by Tacoma (50,000 kilo-watts), that transfusion of this power from the ship to the city's distributing stations was altogether practicable. But if the ship were sent, might not a precedent be set?civilians being the importunate souls they are?that would keep the Lexington dashing up and down the Pacific Coast, and her sister the Saratoga up and down...
March upset the Throne of Nicholas II. Kerensky's power did not survive October. Before the turn of the new year Lenin and Trotsky were the Gods of Moscow, and Bukharin was their Prophet. He remained for eleven years?until only a few months ago?the most potent of Soviet editors and publicists. He watched Lenin die. He saw Trotsky exiled for a "Left Heresy" (TiME, Jan. 30, 1928), and as Editor of Pravda, foremost Red daily, gave his old friend many a parting editorial kick. He became the closest confidant, and was called the "brains" of Soviet Dictator Josef...
Even Dictator Primo de Rivera took the story seriously. The King was on a hunting party in Novalera, and Alba was with him. Dictator Primo de Rivera has not forgotten that Alfonso XIII was ostensibly on a motor trip when he summoned General Primo de Rivera to supreme power. It might barely be that the King now fancied he could oust Primo for Alba. After much telegraphing to the Royal Hunting Lodge, the blunt, obese Dictator issued a personal and arrestingly gracious statement...
...defunct Cortes, the Duke has never held states- manly office or high military rank, is primarily a crony of the King and like him addicted to Biarritz, Deauville, St. Moritz. Doubtless Primo was more afraid of offending Alba, last week, than seriously perturbed lest the dilettante Duke seek executive Power...