Word: offing
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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Before becoming Premier in 1915, Mr. Vaughan served in the Parliament of Australia continuously for ten years, having entered Parliament in 1905. During this period of service he was State-Treasurer and Minister for Lands from 1910 to 1912. Among the important measures passed during his premiership, which he resigned...
At the invitation of the United States Government, Mr. Vaughan came to America in 1917 and during the next 12 months addressed some 300,000 people in 26 states on the various war issues of the day. Since the Armistice, he has been in England, for some time the guest...
The great silence has at last been broken. On Armistice Day, two years after the close of hostilities, the Navy Department, in the person of Secretary Daniels, will award war medals to those men whom it considers worthy of such an honor. But, if current reports are to be believed...
There is the fact, too, of the long wall, of the postponement of any announcement of decisions until after the elections, for fear that the interests of the Democratic party might be injured. This can be nothing more than a frank admission that favoritism and injustice have played a part...
Secretary Daniels is true to his favorites. Despite last year's protests, despite the opposition of the Navy officers themselves, despite the election, he intends to carry out his old program to the bitter end. If he succeeds in doing so, and the present list of Navy awards goes down...