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...Rome Benito Mussolini felt that the time was ripe to do a little crowing. The Ethiopian War was going the way it should have gone six months ago. The Imperial Guard of Haile Selassie was smashed. The Negus himself was supposed to be hiding, beardless in the bushes. With a little luck Italian troops should reach Dessye by Easter. Then II Duce could demand peace on his own terms. To the Fascist Grand Council last week he roared...
...Europe, planning Yale's Sheffield Scientific School, teaching geography there, serving on New Haven's Board of Education, he was observing and thinking about Education. When he was called from a brief term as president of the University of California to create Johns Hopkins, his ideas were ripe...
...these brilliant youngsters the outstanding pair are Japan's Acting Foreign Minister of last week, Mr. Koki Hirota, and his equally cocky friend and protege, Mr. Hirosi Saito, Japanese Ambassador in Washington. Old Saionji in his infinitely ripe wisdom next advised the Son of Heaven to call young Hirota...
...what faith the Untouchables should turn for "equality of status and treatment," Dr. Ambedkar did not hasten to explain. Since he was reported dallying with Mohammedanism, Christian leaders in India exhibited pious skittishness. Declared the National Christian Council of India: ''The harvest is ripe for the gathering in many quarters and we urge that volunteer bands be sent forth to gather...
...young musicians who want to play in public. Marjorie Edwards was well above the average. She exhibited a real flair for the violin, fast-flying fingers that found the notes surely, an earnest sensitive approach to the music she played. Even so, finicky critics refused to pronounce her ripe for a concert career. The quality of her tone was often small and immature, best suited to the soft feathery Cuckoo which delighted her audience so much that she had to play it twice...