Word: reach
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...radio broadcast from Washington Sir Willmott ("Bill") Harsant Lewis, the London Times correspondent, quoted "two Englishmen who have had wide experience in European capitals" as warning: "It is on March 6 that Germany's warlike preparations will reach the full limit Chancellor Hitler thinks necessary for frightening Britain and France into giving away firstly to Italian demands, and secondly to wider colonial concessions." Sir Willmott himself was skeptical, did not himself believe Fuhrer Hitler wanted...
...Willmott's informants were the editors of The Arrow, latest of British weekly newssheets, recently started by the diplomatic correspondents of the Manchester Guardian and Yorkshire Post. Latest issue of The Arrow to reach the U. S. says that German air mobilization is now 95% complete, that the rest of the mobilization program is now progressing on this schedule...
...solos that cut right through you while at the same time managing to yield fine swing. The band itself has that colored lag, playing just behind the beat, that is so essential to good swing, while at the same time playing with a precision that few colored bands ever reach. Ray Noonan (trombone), Stewy McKay (tenor sax), and Buddy Christian (drums) all contribute to the fine jazz which this band turns out. Compare Norvo's records of "Remember", "It's Wonderful", "I Know That You Know" with the same by Goodman, Dorsey, and Krupa to see why Norvo (shifting...
Uncertain whether he would reach Rome before the doors to the conclave are locked (probably between February 25 and March 1), Cardinal O'Connell this week was to sail for Italy. His colleagues, George Cardinal Mundelein of Chicago and Denis Cardinal Dougherty of Philadelphia, departed last week...
...energy is unevenly distributed in a closed system, it will be passed around until no further energy exchange is possible-that is, the system will reach "thermodynamic equilibrium." Mathematically working out the conditions for equilibrium in mixed substances, Gibbs arrived at certain abstruse but beautifully logical rules of energy exchange. His work thus held the key to the efficient handling of mixed substances in industry. Gibbs had no interest in technology, and technologists took quite a while to uncover, understand and apply his work to their own problems. Now that this has been done, however, the Gibbs rules have enormously...