Word: startingly
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...naval parley has at last been formally opened as King George "fired the shot heard round the world" which is theoretically to start the five power race for disarmament. But the few idealists who hoped to see some really startling developments as a result of this latest peace move were disappointed long before the opening speeches...
...fairly vibrated with optimistic statements. Said Statesman Stimson: "We start out with high hopes of bringing our mission to a successful conclusion." Declared Delegate Reed: "I am sure of ultimate success. . . . There'll be less intrigue, less so-called diplomacy at this conference than at any international meeting heretofore." Admiral Pratt, a technical adviser, declared there were no technical difficulties, added: "We should sail for home with an agreement within two months...
...Start of the "flying clinic" of the Pan-American Medical Association from Miami to give lectures, demonstrations, operations in eleven Central and South American republics...
Throw of the Dice (British Instructional). That dicing in India has the importance of a national issue is the rather incredible instruction that U. S. audiences will get out of this film. The dice pass between two young brown kings who start shooting for money, then for jewels, then for kingdoms, then for women. When a clever little boy finds out that the dice are loaded, the news comes as a call to arms and a whole state rises furiously to march on the palace of King Sohat, the crooked shooter. Punctuating these absurdities are scenes of horror involving poisoned...
...wrote to her brother George V in England and asked him to see Sonja when she was in London. King George did as he was asked, and later that evening his wife said to Sonja Henie: "You know, I often wished I had learned skating-but one has to start young, I can see that...