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...most of the 130,000,000 U. S. citizens mid-December is a time to make themselves comfortable for the winter: a time to muffle up in warmer clothing, to eat more warming food, to use more fuel, to read more and listen more to the radio, to look out for colds, and (for 25,000,000 of them) to put anti-freeze in the radiator of the car. Many U. S. citizens go traveling at this time of year, on warm trains across State and national borders; a few of them even go to warmer countries, with no more...
...civilian Japanese extremists began to make an extremely embarrassing noise. Immediate cause was the U. S. loan to China of $100,000,000 (TIME, Dec. 9). An unidentified Japanese, described as "an elderly individual, apparently a religious fanatic." defiled the white gateposts of the U. S. Embassy with two buckets of filth. The Tokyo newspaper Miyako warned: "Cases may arise where Japan is forced to accept the American challenge." On the specific subject of whether Admiral Nomura could smooth U. S.-Japanese relations, militant Koknmin wrote: "Our people should know that relations between the two countries are so hopelessly strained...
...exceeding exports by an estimated $280,000,000 for 1940 - more than twice as much as in 1939. To settle the balance she will have some $200,000,000 of newly mined gold. By the new import bans, by taxes and by increased tourist trade, Canada hopes to make up the difference without touching her ace in the hole: $800,000,000 of U.S. securities and bank balances...
...make even keener
...notable addition to the Met's strippers (who had heretofore included Sopranos Helen Jepson and Lily Pons) and in the seduction scene gave Samson (barrel-shaped Tenor René Maison) quite a going-over. But critics doubted that the Stevens pleasing midriff and voice were enough to make Saint-Saë'ns' shopworn opera an event...