Word: exceptionalism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...spit. Shame on you! The horn acts as a still. The breath of the performer (and your breath) is a watery vapor. Remember the mist it makes when blown on a cold window pane? The coils of the horn distill out most of this water. . . . All wind instrument players (except organists and operators of the concertina) suffer from this horrible inconvenience but they do not drool while they play. Shame on you! or did I say this already...
...lights, halted the electric ammunition hoists; a fourth tore away the bridge and wireless room. The second raider circled astern and attacked from Rawalpindi's, port side, but she fought on for half an hour until her last gun was silenced and she was ablaze everywhere except forecastle and poop. Of three boatloads of survivors, two were believed captured by Deutschland. All remaining hands perished when, after burning four hours, Rawalpindi turned turtle to starboard and foundered. Another British cruiser, speeding to the scene, was too late to catch the raiders, who slipped away in stormy darkness. Search...
...action was uncalled for and unnecessary and deserves the censure of the world. She could have achieved the same result by taking a little longer and using an economic boycott, since Finnish trade is practically closed except through Russia...
...course in Aeronautical Engineering, which was begun this year, is open to all University men except Freshmen and those who are unable to pass the physical examination. Of the 200 applicants for the course only 75 still remain...
Steel production stood at 95%; cotton, wheat and other agricultural products showed strength; the automobile business was booming, except for strike-bound Chrysler; third-quarter reports of U. S. business were sensational; many a dividend check-regular, and extra-was going into the mailman...