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...heart of the question of whether Europe will have war or peace lies the riddle not of Germany's military might or expanding totalitarian ideology, but of Germany's internal economy. Deliberately geared for war for the past five years, is it an economy that can withstand peace? Is further territorial expansion a necessity for Germany's economic survival? And if that expansion should bring Germany into armed conflict, could the economy of the Third Reich withstand a prolonged...
...city population, while the rural population stood still. After 1900 the trend frightened the military clique into demanding increased tariff protection for the farmer, and just before the famous shot was fired at Sarajevo the Kaiser's advisers were only reasonably certain that the food situation could withstand...
...their places on the first six are not absolutely secure at the present time. Elbel had a creditable 77 for his medal in his only Varsity match against Bowdoin, and he definitely has the inside track for the number five spot. Behind him is tall Watty Dickerman, ready to withstand the challenge of Lou Roewer and Bill Calfee...
WASHINGTON--President Roosevelt was assured tonight by his financial advisers that the nation's economic structure could withstand any shock arising from outbreak of a European...
...last autumn many an ardent antiFascist, his belly gnawed by hunger and his nerves frayed by bombs, began to wonder if, after all, the oppression of Fascism could be any worse. When, three days before Barcelona fell, the Loyalist Government called out all men to help build fortifications to withstand a siege, the city was war weary and apathetic. The job was quietly sabotaged. Many evaded the draft, many worked only halfheartedly. In the last few days before the fall, many Rebel sympathizers-the "Fifth Column"-openly showed their political feelings...