Word: disarming
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...speech reeks of a thousand old assurances and a thousand old lies. Yet this time his desire for peace may be real enough, even if his appetite is not appeased enough, that he will give Mr. Roosevelt definite guaranties of his good faith. He has never before offered to disarm...
...would involve considerable concessions to Hitlerdom. It would mean a puppet Poland, and eventually it would mean a free economic hand for the Nazis in eastern Europe. There would have to be a redistribution of colonies. But if Hitler could be made to disarm, the victory would be likewise great for the democracies. Hitlerism-gangsterism as a diplomatic weapon-would be gone, and Europe could once more breathe easy. The British and French Empires would be reasonably intact. And there would be peace for our time...
...soldiers, acting under incredibly detailed orders obviously worked out weeks in advance, closed all banks, took over hotels, invaded barracks to disarm one of the best-equipped armies in Europe, and began to arrest political prisoners from a list of over 2,000. Residents were ordered to fly swastika flags which had been systematically distributed a few days before (ostensibly for the annual memorial to German War dead...
...jitsu a type of "aesthetic dancing." A good wrestler can lick a jiu-jitsu expert any time, provided the combatants don't wear jackets while fighting, Pat declared. The art of jiu-jitsu is used to teach detectives, army and navy officers, G-men, and policemen how to disarm a man, and the numerous choke holds are the basis of the art. Choke holds cannot be used unless the opponent is wearing a jacket or coat which can be used as a lever to twist across the throat. "Without these jackets, the jiu-jitsu man hasn't a chance with...
...Luis Potosi, by a manifesto written in the manner of articles of confederation, seceded from the central government of Mexico on May 15, according to information reaching this Mexican border city today, called an extraordinary session after President Lazaro Cardenas sent government troops into the state to disarm agrarian followers of General Saturnino Cedillo. The legislature reported Cedillo commander-in-chief of the army and exhorted other states to join it in forming a provisional government for Mexico...