Word: strife
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Greek Parliament raised him above common strife by creating him in 1919, "Grand Admiral for life." Thus bedizened with a not easily tarnishable prestige the old Admiral continues to serve his country as an official adornment of certified quality...
...negotiations among the Great Powers and drafted in its final form early last week by the Council commission created for that purpose (TIME, Sept. 6). Those present remarked that Viscount Ishii's purring syllables, impassive mien and gestureless delivery suggested a Buddhist deity bringing to Christians surcease from strife. As the last word was uttered, M. Benes darted a keen glance about the horseshoe-shaped Council table: "There are no objections? Then the resolution is adopted...
...proceed at once to Sicily with an armed force and full authority to put down the seemingly concerted series of anti-Fascist riots which have been occurring recently in Palermo, Caltanisetta and Girgenti. Universal Silence. All Fascists were "commanded" by a manifesto to "keep silent about any local strife* within the party which nearly always arises from the stupidest motives." Anti-"Vacationist." To prevent the flight of the Italian lira abroad in the pockets of vacationing Italians, all passport offices were instructed to refuse passports to "vacationists." Signor Mussolini publicly expressed last week his grief at the death of Commander...
...party is still one. of the most potent in Germany. Frenchmen have not so completely disestablished Catholicism as not to heed an occasional whisper from the Vatican. Who is Calles, what is Mexico that the immemorially potent Papacy should fear it may not triumph in the end? Centuries of Strife. During the four centuries of Catholic penetration into Mexico the Roman Catholic Church, abetted by and abetting Spain, extinguished virtually all other religious cults before Mexico won independence of Spain in 1824. It remained for a full-blooded Mexican Indian, Benito Pablo Juarez -after whom Benito Mussolini was christened...
...London, interrupted repeatedly by shouts of "Long live the King!" King Alfonso said: "Things in Spain are going satisfactorily, which is proved by my presence here. Let's be optimistic. We have been through plenty of dark days. The dawn is breaking. Spaniards must lay aside their political strife. That is my mission, namely, to find a common meeting ground so as to discover the means of developing our wonderful resources...