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...exclusively of national military units which either take orders directly from an international boss, or else take such orders in directly, through their own national governments acting as agents of the international boss. (Much the same thing, since no national army or navy would ever march off or sail off without the consent of its national government.) This was the League of Nations model which failed, although not because of its mechanical setup. This is the model, if any, which the world is likely to see again after the present war. Mechanically, it varies little from an old-fashioned multipartite...
They picked Richmond, Virginia, because they liked the sound of the name in Russian; and shortly afterwards they set sail. They had only been here a little while when all Russia was turned upside down by the Russian Revolution, and so they decided not to go back...
American Mural. In Boise, Idaho, the FBI hoped that somebody would catch Leo Laverne Leroy, suspected parole violator, with his shirt down. His identifying tattoos: two American flags, a rising sun, a shield with an eagle, a bird, a rose, a butterfly, two stars, a sailing ship, a crucifix, an Indian girl, a heart, a spread eagle, a ballet dancer, a dragon, a sail boat, a girl's head, some flowers, a brace let, three hearts, a setting sun, a Pearl Harbor scene, three race horses, and the legends: "U.S.A. 1931" and "Manila...
...liner will be no short, champagne ceremony. Next week the newspapermen and Navy guests who watch from the new wooden stands will see only the beginning of the operation. Not for weeks will the Lafayette float upright. Not for months will she be ready to sail again...
Said hustling, optimistic Sidney G. Walton, 42, vice president and secretary of the Matson lines: "We're not trying to keep out competition. We are not interested in it. This is a modernization program. We changed from sail to steam, didn...