Word: agee
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...three full generals, four lieutenant generals, six major generals were retired before their time, not because anyone feared to see them suffer in battle but because plump, red-tape cutting War Secretary Leslie Hore-Belisha wanted to promote young men with new ideas. The retirement age for the two highest ranks having been cut from 67 to 60, and of major generals from 62 to 57, the Army Gazette simply listed the retirements. The 13, including two former members of the Army Council and an Aide-de-Camp General to the King, were ushered out to keep the army...
...black or yellow, the delegates (average age: about 25) set about saving the world with enthusiasm and organized cheering. Japan's delegates argued amiably with China's, the Socialists, not so amiably, with the Communists. A lone pro-fascist delegate from Eire. Seumas Ua hEamhthaigh (pronounced: Shamus O'Heavey), soon made himself at home. Youngest delegate was Spain's Margarita Robles, 14, oldest was East Africa's Ernest Kalibala, 38, born a bushman and now a school principal...
...federation this year had reasons for avoiding doctrinal fireworks. Chief reason: its coming of age in Chicago, where Local No. 1 (thanks to memories of payless pay days and a political spoils system in the school system) has enrolled 8,500 of the city's 13,000 teachers and gained for the federation its first majority in any city. Last week, having doubled its membership in two years, for the first time A. F. T. set its cap hopefully for the conservative rank & file of the nation's 1,000,000 teachers, of whom...
...Plain. Until 1915 Stonehenge was privately owned and considered of only tolerably public interest. Then it was presented to the nation and suddenly became an important ruin. Archeologists quarreled over whether Stonehenge was once a druidical temple, a Saxon sepulchre or a sun temple, whether it was early Bronze Age or earlier Neolithic. Meanwhile, rows of teashops, bungalows, airdromes sprang up nearby. Ten years ago these were ordered razed within a mile radius of Stonehenge...
...place. Thus in Chicago decentralization has been going on, and today there are 50 outlying business centres more conspicuous from the air than the Loop. Most startling observation by Professor Bailey is that all cities follow the same pattern of growth, and two cities of the same nature and age have the same form, modified only slightly by differences in the natural terrain. To prove his theory, Professor Bailey plans to take his students next year on educational flights over other U. S. cities...