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...COMINCH" corridor, on the second "deck" forward of the Navy Building in Washington, leads to the austere office of the fleet Commander in Chief, Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King. Down this formidable channel, one day recently, steamed Vice-Admiral Aubrey Fitch. He bore with him a topside-shaking plan...
...causes of war only when all the Big Powers agree that world peace is en dangered. The section finally agreed on gives a future Hitler a little less chance to prevent intervention simply by assert ing that his policies are "domestic." The principle of domestic jurisdiction bore importantly on future colonial questions, and Britain insisted on the restriction...
Wallace, whose hurling has spearheaded the team all year, turned in another fine performance. Aside from his work at the plate, he bore down in the clutch to keep Tufts under control, and fanned nine of the visiting batters...
...Saionji, who promoted a Japanese version of parliamentarianism and constitutional monarchy. In 1921, with their support, Crown Prince Hirohito decided to go abroad. Never before had an imperial Heir Apparent left the Land of the Gods. Shinto jingoists threatened to fling themselves in fanatic immolation under the train that bore the Crown Prince to his ship. But Hirohito was not deterred, and this 20th Century form of hara-kiri did not take place...
Hirohito was more successful when he decided to marry for love. Despite the opposition of the court, he chose a young noblewoman, Princess Nagako of the Satsuma clan, which was then outside the strict circle of families eligible for imperial matches. In due time she bore him five daughters and two sons, the eldest-born being Crown Prince Akihito...