This unhappy state of affairs was aggravated and perpetuated by the intrigues set on foot at Constantinople against successive governors of the island, the conflicts between the Palace and the Porte, the duplicity of the Turkish authorities, the dissensions of the representatives of the great powers, the machinations of Greek agitators, the rivalry of Cretan politicians, and prolonged financial mismanagement. [Please select]
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The people instinctively expect the President to guard their interests against congressional machinations. [Please select]
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"You, whose machinations have come as near to ruining me as a man's can." [Please select]
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I again began my machinations, since I can call my double dealing by no other name. [Please select]
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The British and the French have discovered the machinations of the German. [Please select]
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Could not America defeat the machinations of all monopolies and other trusts. [Please select]
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His own life, he believed, had been imperilled by the machinations of witches. [Please select]
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