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Word: thinks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...circles were surely "boiling with rage." Finland is of great military importance to Russia because in case of a war with another European country, the enemy might use Finland as a possession into the Soviet republic, or else they will make a protectorate of her. Of the two I think they will do the latter, because although the military significance is the same either way, the other Scandinavian states will be much less alarmed if Russia does base on which to land their troops...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Leontief Deplores Seizure of Finland; Suggests U.S. Make Vehement Protest | 12/1/1939 | See Source »

...rotten hours, the long jumps on one nighters, the nervous tension that all musicians live under. He shows how the music business is rotten with commercialism. Booking offices, agents, song pluggers, and the big broadcasting chains all come in for their share of panning. I don't think that there is much doubt that Shaw is absolutely right in what he says about all of this. His only trouble on these points is that he didn't make them strong enough. So far so good. But Shaw goes on to say that it is these things that are making...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 12/1/1939 | See Source »

Hastily Justice Wasservogel said: "I don't think it will be necessary at all," worked out an agreement: 1) that Mr. Lowther would not attempt to see Miss Herrick for ten days; 2) that, after this period of abstinence, the parents would interpose no obstacle to their courtship and marriage. When defeated Mr. Herrick tried to make one last angry statement, Justice Wasservogel shut him off, pronounced the dread sentence that the fathers of daughters everywhere fear most to hear: "This man," said he, "may become your son-in-law, and you want to be on the best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Our Town | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

Whether anything would come of all the union talk that was going on, at least it showed that big Europeans were able to think lofty socio-economic thoughts-if only in wartime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: A Better Europe? | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

Foreign Minister Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura began to think of a "permanent arrangement." Foreign Office Spokesman Yakichiro Suma called correspondents in to tell them: "We are anxious to settle pending questions and we hope that Russia reciprocates our desire in all sincerity." Domei News Agency, which plays Little Sir Echo to the Foreign Office, advocated concluding a non-aggression treaty with Russia "without paying the slightest attention to displeasure felt and loudly voiced by Britain and the U. S." This week Ambassador Smetanin had an audience with the Son of Heaven, H. I. M. Hirohito...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN CHINA: Anti-Pro-Comintern | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

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