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Word: su (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1931-1931
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...many an Englishman No. 5; become a sort of hopeful national symbol. When the bad news got out, in many English mind arose the suspicion that no small part of the more than ?55,000,000 now frozen in German loans had bet to build German superships, su them, run them at a loss to sweep shipping off the Atlantic Ocean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Gloom on Clydebank | 12/21/1931 | See Source »

...harbor of Montreal there was great bustle last week, and a flow of more real French than usual. Eight out of ten natives of Quebec Province and of Montreal speak a provincial French patois, su perficially proud that their French forefathers established the white race's dominion over Canada. But last week, straight from modern France, the null sloop Villa d'Ys slipped into Montreal under the tricolor, bringing its complement of 103 true-speaking French. Purpose: to help the patois-speakers to celebrate le quatorze Juillet, the French Day of Independence. Purpose behind the purpose: to cultivate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Lost Province | 7/20/1931 | See Source »

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