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Liechtenstein, except for the Principality of Monaco (8 square miles), and the Republic of San Marino (38 square miles.), is the smallest independent country in Europe, having an area of 65 square miles. The capital is Vaduz, where, it is said, cows graze in the main streets. Until 1868 the Principality maintained an army of 91, but in that year the army was abolished. The population, mostly of German extraction and Catholic in religion, is about 11,000. The budget in 1922 was balanced at 384,500 Swiss francs ($66,441), and there is no public debt. The language...
...severe earthquake occurred at 5 :50 a. m. Jan. 15, on Honshu, main island of the Japanese Empire, in approximately the same area as the Great Earthquake of last September (TIME, Sept. 10 et seq.). The amplitude of the shock, as registered by the seismograph at the Osaka Observatory, was two inches of lateral movement, or half that recorded for the Great Earthquake...
...facilities for outdoor exercise are reasonably adequate. The construction, now under way, of additional tennis courts on Soldiers Field, and the improvement of the undeveloped area there, will provide play spaces for many students who now find little opportunity to indulge in outdoor sports. Most of the present available area is used in connection with competitive athletics...
...Little Entente is only "little" as compared with its counterpart, the Entente Cordiale. Actually its three members have a total population of more than 43,000,000, an area of 373,657 square miles, a regular army of more than 500,000 men. Compare France with a population of 39,000,000, 212,659 square miles (France proper), a regular army of about 335,000 in France proper...
...buildings had been reached. But now the Parlex Holding Corporation proposes to outdo it with a mammoth structure at Fourth Avenue and 33rd Street. An entire block, 425 x 197 feet, will be occupied, the new structure when finished will contain 1,458,170 square feet of rental area-about a quarter of a million more than the Equitable Building-and will have 31 stories. The total cost is estimated at between $18,000,000 and $20,000,000. Construction will start this Spring...