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Page 538
... became one of the group's leading polemicists . In 1910 , influenced by anarchist thought and desperate to revive the flagging state of the T'ung Meng Hui , Wang decided to assassinate the regent to the Imperial throne . The plot was ...
... became one of the group's leading polemicists . In 1910 , influenced by anarchist thought and desperate to revive the flagging state of the T'ung Meng Hui , Wang decided to assassinate the regent to the Imperial throne . The plot was ...
Page 545
... became prominent in local politics , gaining a seat in the federal Parliament in 1887. When the Lib- eral Party took office in 1891 under John Bal- lance , he became postmaster general and add- ed the post of minister of finance in the ...
... became prominent in local politics , gaining a seat in the federal Parliament in 1887. When the Lib- eral Party took office in 1891 under John Bal- lance , he became postmaster general and add- ed the post of minister of finance in the ...
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... became well established in Russia , but the anti - Semitic laws promulgated in 1883 ex- pressly forbade Yiddish plays , and the play- wrights and many of their actors emigrated to England and America . New York became the centre of ...
... became well established in Russia , but the anti - Semitic laws promulgated in 1883 ex- pressly forbade Yiddish plays , and the play- wrights and many of their actors emigrated to England and America . New York became the centre of ...
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