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Word: flare-ups (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1923-1923
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A fortnight ago a secret service agent caused a flare-up in the Philippines. He was accused of graft, acquitted and reinstated after his trial by Governor General Leonard" Wood. Thereupon the Cabinet - or more properly the " Council of State" - resigned (TIME, July 30).

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: A National Issue | 8/6/1923 | See Source »

...Another flare-up of small-town spite against Guy?and then, at last, the change. A great automobile road was to pass through the state. Junction City wanted to be on. Who to send to St. Louis as the city's representative to convince the commissioners of Junction City's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bludgeonings of Love | 6/11/1923 | See Source »

The extraordinary flare-up in the brightness of the star Beta Ceti (TIME, March 10) reported by Camille Flammarion, has been discounted by the astronomers of Mount Wilson Observatory. There has been no change in the spectrum of the star, and it is believed that the Paris astronomer may have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Beta Ceti Again | 5/5/1923 | See Source »

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