Word: maneuverability
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"Sacrilege!" In the House of Commons last week Major Stanley was obliged to execute as gracefully as possible an excruciatingly awkward and painful maneuver. National Government were supposed to be advancing with their new Dole program on all fronts. The gallant Major had orders to sound a general retreat.
In London it looked as if the costly, tedious and high-minded efforts of His Majesty's Government to do something for India may not get much further. In the House of Commons worried Secretary of State for India Sir Samuel Hoare could only burble ''Our policy...
Last week Japan, in effect, repeated her maneuver of the Twenty-One Demands, and again every Japanese official had instructions to deny everything in sight. They first denied that Japan is pressing fresh demands upon China's wasp-waisted little Dictator, Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek. What actually happened last week...
Unlike Gardiner, who had an unparalleled ability to anticipate plays and great success with the dangerous maneuver of skating out of his position to interrupt them, Chabot almost never leaves his net. Slow at regaining his feet when he falls down, he indulges in few of the acrobatic tricks that...
Specifically old Governor Moret was dropped last week because he rejected a proposal by Premier Flandin to give business a shot in the arm. The proposal let the Bank of France announce that it will re-discount short-term Treasury bonds, issuing new currency or opening deposit accounts against the...