Search Details

Word: thorniest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

China's biggest, thorniest problems lie in the famed Eastern province of Shantung. Famine stalks through groveling villages, and the towns are mostly held by a Japanese expeditionary force, similar to U. S. Marines in Nicaragua. Last week, however, there were signs that Shantung's problems will soon be mightily wrestled with by China's big, pious, go-getting Christian, Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Wrestling with Shantung | 1/28/1929 | See Source »

| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Next