Word: actes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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What right does the fact that a man fought during the World War give him to break all the laws of decency, transgress on the equally important rights of other citizens, and act like a drunken hoodlum generally? And why do we allow this to happen each year...
...except the defense were bewildered when Judge Dewell unexpectedly recessed the court because somebody hurt in an automobile accident was calling for the court stenographer. "No gentleman can object to this act of mercy," the judge pontificated. Still more bewildering was Judge Dewell's refusal to admit testimony that one of the defendant cops struck Shoemaker on the head with the butt of his pistol. The indictment, he pointed out, mentioned only injuries to "body and limbs." The defense did not bother to present a case. Granting a motion by the defense, Judge Dewell last week directed the completely...
...TIME, Oct. 18), it was recommended that signatories of the Nine-Power Treaty signed at Washington in 1922, and pledging respect for the territorial integrity of China and the Open Door meet again soon. As any such meeting is infuriating to Japanese minds, President Roosevelt has not wished to act as host in Washington, "and Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain has felt the same about London. Last week King Leopold III of the Belgians, Statesman Sovereign of the smallest Nine-Power Treaty signatory, agreed readily "at the request of the British Government and with the approval of the Government...
...inferior workmanship, his statement was accurate and supported by cogent illustrations from recent history. The NRA was the most distressing example of Mr. Roosevelt's leap-before-you-look policy, and accounted for two years of confusion and wasted time in the national economy. The Wagner Act and the Social Security Act, also, are poorly-drafted laws which must be done over if they are to be made workable. But remodeling takes time--and it would have been much more efficient to take a little longer and do a thorough job in the first place. This entails above...
...former is to be represented by excerpts from "Die Walkure" and "Die Meistersinger" which includes Wotan's Farewell with the ensuing Fire Music, the Ride of the Valkyries, and the Introduction to the Third Act of "Die Meistersinger." Mahler's Fifth Symphony, only surpassed in size and gargantuan qualities by his Eighth Symphony, is also to be performed. It was composed in the years 1901-02, and has three divisions which are subdivided into five movements. It is hoped that the followers of these two composers will attend the concerts en masse and then hold their peace for the rest...