Word: abroad
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Under the circumstances," says Mr. Cope, "it would simply be dishonest . . . money being collected abroad for this children's relief...
...Harper evidently does not like having his Sovereigns "de-bunked." Had he read TIME as long as the writer, he would have known, 1) that TIME does not always go abroad to be "raw," "fresh" and "Smart Aleck," 2) that TIME, in its wisdom, has never hesitated to get under people's skins...
...President's caller-of-the-week was Ambassador to France Bill Bullitt, home for a week ostensibly to have a lame shoulder treated, more likely to prime the President against an anticipated September Crisis abroad. Secretary of State Hull last week held conferences on the Tientsin situation but took no action, issued no statements (see p. 21). > Ambassador Francisco Castillo Nájera called to thank the President for U. S. courtesies upon the death of Mexico's air ace, Francisco Sarabia (TIME, June 19). The President seized the opportunity to ask Mexico to speed up its settlement...
...financial world moved to the U. S. There was a time when Speyer & Co. could raise $50,000,000 by cable overnight without calling on a single U. S. bank. That was long years after old Philip Speyer had sold millions of dollars worth of U. S. securities abroad to finance the Civil War, made a handsome profit for the house...
Hero of this year's series was the same towheaded titan who was the hero of the first post-War series in 1921 and every series since (except 1936 when he was too busy to go abroad to play): Thomas Hitchcock Jr. Son of the captain of the first U. S. polo team (that lost to England in 1886), Tommy Jr., at 39-and after a quarter-century of competitive polo-proved last week that he is still the best polo player in the world. Spectators, gasping at his fearless riding, peerless tactics, magnificent driving and accurate shotmaking, realized...