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...Government have made it clear in unmistakable terms that under no circumstances will interference by Italy with the existing regimes in Egypt and Palestine be permitted, and any attempt to do so will be considered as an unfriendly act ... to be repelled by all the means at their command...
...demonstration of fitness through performance. The standards in the subjects to be taught--Classics, English, Fine Arts, French, Germans, Mathematics, Music, the Natural Sciences, and the Social Sciences--are in general those of the Divisional Examinations in these fields. In addition, certain skills are tested separately, e.g., oral command of French or German for the teacher of either of these languages. In certain subjects graduate courses are specifically required. The standards in Education are: first, a general examination in Educational Theory; second, an apprenticeship in teaching; third, a special examination on the curriculum and methods in the subject...
...Senior member is big, bald Lynn J. Frazier of Hoople, who sits in the Senate. Junior partner is freckle-faced William Lemke of Fargo, who does business for the firm in the House. Representative Lemke, despite his wrinkled clothes and his frequent need of a shave, has a good command of English, a well-schooled mind, an amiable disposition, a law degree from Yale, a conscientious ability far above the Congressional average. He also fancies Chihuahuas and gladioli...
...reputation through the War with less damage than most of his peers. Born of an untitled Yorkshire family, he entered the Army after flunking Indian Civil Service examinations. Having proved himself a cool, competent bush fighter in Bechuanaland, Zululand and the Boer War, he was a major general in command of all British cavalry by 1914. Flanders was no place for horsemen. His career was nearly wrecked by the slaughter of his cavalry at the battle of Arras in 1917. Two months later he was sent to see what he could do about the situation in the East...
Starved for troops by the High Command, whose eyes were glued to the Western Front, Allenby launched a campaign up the coast of Palestine, taking Beersheba, Gaza, Bethlehem and Jaffa, splitting the Turkish armies. On Dec. 9, 1917, without firing a shell into the Holy City, he walked into Jerusalem, in deference to the Arab legend that Jerusalem's conqueror would enter on foot. Thenceforth the Arabs respectfully called him "El Nebi" ("The Man on Foot...