Word: quiteness
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...Because some Frenchmen feel, perhaps unjustly, that he and Sir John Simon jointly bungled the negotiations at Geneva after which Germany quit the Disarmament Conference and the League...
...Confederation of Inner Mongolian States, haggled out its bylaws. Then they sent word to Nanking that they wanted to rule Inner Mongolia themselves. If Nanking tries to stop them, they threatened, they "will not hesitate to seek assistance" from Japan's puppet state of Manchukuo-will quit China and throw in with Japan. That would suit Japan beautifully. Inner Mongolia is the great stockyards that made Manchukuo worth grabbing...
...though Mexico, Uruguay, Peru and Panama had already done so. ¶Cuba's long-threatened general strike again failed to materialize. President Grau settled himself a little more solidly in the saddle by signing a smart decree. To persuade Cuba's wild-eyed, well-meaning students to quit politics, President Grau granted complete autonomy (including freedom of expression) to the University of Havana, plus an annual grant of at least 2% of Cuba's revenues. ¶ A cloud on Cuba's horizon remained the Negro problem. Negro crowds have used political excitement to loot shops, steal...
...Brewery Workers Union, a dormant allied organization which woke up when beer came back, was ready to quit the Federation when it found that its teamsters, engineers and firemen were about to be handed over to the jurisdiction of A. F. of L. teamsters', engineers' and firemen's unions. The Amalgamated Clothing Workers, a strong independent organization with 130,000 members, was ready to add its numbers to the A. F. of L. But there was a hitch. A. F. of L.'s United Garment Workers demanded that Amalgamated unionists stitch no men's clothes...
...first practice session of candidates for Harvard's freshman crew, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. jumped out of the shell, exclaimed: "I'll punch you in the nose. And I really mean it." In the boathouse he met a committee of two photographers, told them: "I quit football because I didn't want to be hounded by photographers and I thought you'd leave me alone here. My father is in politics, but I'm not. He has nothing to do with this. I don't want my picture taken because by next week...