Word: civility
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...President Eliot sat down, the whole assemblage resumed their places. The Sheriff of Middlesex County,--a white haired old man in the dark blue uniform of a civil war veteran, walked to the center of the platform and pounded three times upon the floor with his gold-hilted sword as he said "The assembly will now come to order...
...Honduran Civil War (TIME, Feb. 11 et seq.) was reported to be getting worse, but no definite news was obtainable, except that at Tegucigalpa, the capital, disorders were rife and threats were made against foreigners and foreign property, even against the American Legation...
...hand in nominating him. The Committee of 48 proposed the above choice in a questionnaire and offered as a platform: 1) public ownership of the railroads, 2) control of money and credit by the people through Government and cooperative banks, 3) public control of natural resources, 4) preservation of civil rights guaranteed by the Constitution, 5) prevent on of judicial abuses. If a local unit of at least 25 people sign a petition endorsing the above platform, it is entitled to one delegate to the Farmer-Labor-Progressive Convention in St. Paul, on May 30, at its own expense...
...second or guerilla stage of the Mexican Civil War was definitely be- gun and no hope of an early peace was forecast...
...Synagogue, was found to be splashed with ink. The painting, representing a woman on the steps of a ruined temple, her crown falling from her head, and clutching in her arms the tablets of Moses and a broken scepter, has been the subject of violent controversy between the civil authorities and prominent Jews who regard it as an insult to their faith. The identity of the ink-thrower is as yet unrevealed, but His aim was not equal to his ardor. The damage to the canvas is confined to some dozen splashes on less vital parts and will doubtless yield...