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...late great Sergei Pavlovitch Diaghilev in 1913, was greeted by a riot, the audience shouting so that the dancers, unable to hear the music, continued only by watching the master's beat in the wings. Some even reacted like the Londoner who said it was a "threat against the foundations of our tonal institutions . . . [standing for] all the unnamable horrors of revolution, murder and rapine, and should have been dedicated to Dr. Crippen, the dentist who murdered seven wives in their baths...
...Ruth Hanna McCormick welcoming her as an ally against President Hoover's World Court Plan. He voted against confirming President Hoover's nominee for District of Columbia Commissioner. He started to stir up a Senate vote on Philippine independence which President Hoover does not want. He glared a silent threat at the London Naval Agreement which President Hoover had acclaimed as a peace victory...
...Ford threat was heeded. The new tariff bill will raise the duty on parts only 15% -but will raise the duty on Chevrolet cars (which are now imported assembled) from $300 to $437, an increase of 45% which should give the Ford salesman in France a tremendous advantage when competing with Chevrolet...
...threat to world wheat prices" which Señor Irigoyen believes to exist in the operations of the U. S. Farm Board, which he expects at any time to throw a price-depressing surplus of wheat on the European market...
...This threat of arrest riled Governor Green even more. Warned he: "Let 'em try to arrest us! We'll do some arresting ourselves ! If they come here interfering we'll throw 'em out of the State...