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...Party. Passed too was an amendment increasing the Presidential term from four to eight years. Part of Unit Whig King's poor showing may have been due to the fact that he was forced to resign the Presidency in 1930 after a nasty scandal connected with slave-running to Spanish Fernando...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LIBERIA: Whig v. Whig | 5/27/1935 | See Source »

...powder of the kingo root paralyzes the will of anyone poisoned by it and makes him the slave of the poisoner. When Mr. Carnochan got his first & only dose of kingo, he took the precaution of barricading himself in his hut so that no native might take advantage of his willlessness. His experiences, which he described in a report published last month* and again by radio last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Young Python's Return | 5/27/1935 | See Source »

...trade in armaments is as repulsive as the slave trade!" cried Lord Cecil. "Britain was the first country to abolish slavery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Teapot Talk | 5/13/1935 | See Source »

...this the Vagabond observes minutely, glorying in his Zeus-like superiority to the moiling creatures below. He yawns luxuriously and considers his plans for the day. It is 9.15, and a grinning slave of Morpheus has just begun to sprint furiously, for he and his fellows have Divisionals this morning. For the Vagabond, Readin Period begins...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 5/6/1935 | See Source »

...Modesty has always been supposed to add zest to a wooer's conquest . . . but the Sultan was too mighty to fight for his prize. . . . The slave maiden was allowed a scanty choice of fascinating devices. However beautiful she might be, the three silent obeisances that she made as she entered the bridal chamber could not bewitch the master's senses by their eloquence- for the most part he did not notice them, for he was already...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Peace in The Harem | 4/29/1935 | See Source »

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