Word: program
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Swift and masterful was the style in which veteran Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré consolidated the position of his new Cabinet, last week, smacked down his program of action before Parliament, and swept an enemy or two from the political chess board...
When M. Poincaré strode into Parliament to announce the program of his Cabinet, tremendous cheers rose from the Right and Centre, but Socialists of the Left sought to embarrass the Prime Minister by demanding a vote on a point of order before he had time to open his lips. Scowling, the "Lion of Lorraine" consented to the vote, won by 335 to 147, and then launched into a great and moving political declaration. His two paramount objects would be, he said, first to put through revision of the Dawes Plan, and thereafter to secure final ratification by Parliament...
Reasons for Arson, Murder. One essential fact is the key to understanding of the present days of wrath between Agrarians and Proletarians in Russia. The fact is that Dictator Stalin is straining and perhaps overtaxing the resources of the country to get money for his industrialization program. He has turned the screw of direct taxation on the Kulak. With varying harshness in varying districts he has forced peasant and Kulak to sell their grain to the State at prices fixed by it-low prices. Most of this grain is consumed in Russian cities, but Stalin's policy...
...Berlin, one Maurice Eisenberg, U. S. 'cellist, played a program of French composers, won enviable notice...
...program follows: Psalm 19 Marcello Chorale Prelude--"O man, bewail thine awful sin" Bach Professor Davison God is my Shepherd Dvorak I will sing thee songs of gladness Dvorak Miss Loring Prelude and Fugue in G major Bach Professor Davison Du bist die Ruh Schubert Wie Melodien ziehy es Brahms Miss Loring Sketch Schumann Chorale in T minor Franck...