Search Details

Word: alls (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Last week Mexico forgot war for the nonce as the P. R. M. (Party of the Mexican Revolution) convened to choose a candidate for next July's presidential election, and to build him a platform. Usually the selection of a P. R. M. candidate is all that is needed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Silent Victory | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

Since the nomination was such a pushover, U. S. interest centred on the proposed platform. The convention drafted a plan to nationalize the oil industry completely within the next six years. If the plan is endorsed, all petroleum holdings will be seized, and compensation paid only "in the event that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Silent Victory | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

"They are all eight feet tall, Your Majesty," ominously observed the Kaiser.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN THEATRE: Neutral Preparedness | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

All this was in reply to Germany's continuing to concentrate troops along her Dutch border. Dutch soldiers, standing to their arms about 500,000 strong, removed all road signs in frontier districts, to confuse an invader. Bridges and key roads remained mined. At the same time, to release...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN THEATRE: Neutral Preparedness | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

>Belgium's defense was in final readiness, and correspondents were shown that country's new defense against tanks: mobile, steel-girder "gates" on rollers, which can be pushed across country, two men to a gate, or dragged in long lines by tractors. Chained together, the gates form a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN THEATRE: Neutral Preparedness | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

Previous | 146 | 147 | 148 | 149 | 150 | 151 | 152 | 153 | 154 | 155 | 156 | 157 | 158 | 159 | 160 | 161 | 162 | 163 | 164 | 165 | 166 | Next