Word: overthrown
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...well known how the sailors, after a long struggle, regretfully abandoned Jonah to the rugged mercies of his God; and how Leviathan, by prearrangement, rose from the sea-bottom and bore the gurgitated prophet in his belly to Nineveh. There Jonah prophesied : "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown." The city repented like a child of its sins; even the King went and sat down in some ashes. When the forty days were spent, it was found that God had spared Nineveh...
Countess Karolyi has been exiled from her country ever since her husband's government was overthrown by the Bela Kun Bolshevik regime, which in turn was succeeded by the reactionary. White Terror of Admiral Horthy. At present she is touring the United States giving lectures on conditions in Hungary...
...Williams predicted a reaction against labor throughout the world, as a result of the disturbance in England. "It is quite probable," he said, "that Herriot will be overthrown in a short time." He called attention to the international effect that a change in the political situation of one country these days has upon the situation in other nations...
...Homer's words, "late, late in fulfillment." The reasons for publishing this book at the present time are obscure. In 1919 and part of 1920 these speeches were extremely pertinent to the general situation, but in four years the situation has changed. The Treaty of Versailles was overthrown by the U. S. Congress and separate treaties signed with the hostile belligerent Powers. In the light of these changes the Wilson speeches are shorn of much of their appeal and usefulness. The League itself has been explained in many books, and naturally from many useful points of view. The value...
...report, however, lacks authenticity. Sun Yat-Seri is known to be backing Chang Tso-Lin for the Presidency, and they are both unlikely to give support to Li. Moreover, the Anfu Party (which was overthrown in 1920), is politically impotent in face of the Tuchuns' power...