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...radical a shift in Egyptian politics came, and could come, only after a prolonged and bitter crisis (TIME, March 12 et seq). The previous Prime Minister, Abdel Khalek Sarwat Pasha?like King Fuad a British puppet?was forced to resign when he attempted to foist upon Egypt a British-dictated treaty of "alliance" which was actually one of "subjugation...
...water today with a clash on the upper reaches of the Charles, scheduled for them. These boats, stroked by James de Normandie '29, F. B. Lee '29 and N. C. Faxon '30 are rated very evenly. The outcome of their competition this afternoon will probably lead to a shift in the seatings preliminary to the picking of the regular first two crews on April...
Behind this announcement loomed the fact that the reactionary parties to which Ludendorff and Tirpitz belong have dwindled vastly in prestige, of late, and may well be reduced to impotence if the forthcoming election shows a now widely prophesied shift to the left...
...quite one-third of the Sejm as a whole. The great confusion of party lines made it difficult for even the Marshal to count his Deputies with exactness, but he claimed 150 out of a Sejm of 474. The only trend discernible among the other parties was a leftward shift which virtually undermined the formerly potent Nationalist bloc and slightly swelled the ranks of the Communists...
...announced last week that he had invented a successful variable pitch propeller, by the use of which planes can rise more quickly, can even back up. The angle of the blades on his propeller may be changed while in motion, thereby affecting the strength of his motor like a shift of gears on an automobile. The Canadian Air Force tested with optimism...