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Facts are that in London the National Government is faced by a monster straw poll in which 2,000,000 of His Majesty's subjects have voted by latest returns 92% for arms reduction by the British Empire, 86% for abolition of its military aircraft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: 6%, 10% & 17% v. Howls | 3/18/1935 | See Source »

...Malcolm shifted to second at 100 m. p. h., to high at 200. A whining blue streak of speed, his seven-ton monster covered the course mile in 13 seconds, tore her six tires to shreds. Sir Malcolm did better in the downwind return mile, brought his average to 276.816 m. p. h., a new record but far short of his goal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: 276.8 M. P. H. | 3/18/1935 | See Source »

Without weighing the improbability of an enemy coming singly to a port known to be guarded by a powerful fleet, this worthy commander blew frightened blasts on his whistle all the way in, warning no less than 15 other ships of the Spanish monster...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Glowering Bow Gun on Cruiser "Harvard" Now Improvised Coat Rack and Obscure Decoration | 3/13/1935 | See Source »

...process of assembly last week in Manhattan's American Museum of Natural History was the skeleton of a 74-ft. dinosaur, a 130,000,000-year-old relic not much different in appearance from a few other such relics in a few other U. S. museums. This monster's recent history, however, was unique...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Neck, Tail, Trade | 3/11/1935 | See Source »

Into this roiled situation stepped a kindly bystander, the American Museum of Natural History, to help & advise, mediate & make peace. So tactful was the peacemaker that when the smoke had cleared it was observed that the dismembered monster-the neck from Washington, the tail from Pittsburgh, the head and body from Utah-had all traveled to Manhattan and into the maw of the American Museum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Neck, Tail, Trade | 3/11/1935 | See Source »

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