Word: annexation
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...question of Austria, Mussolini repeated what he had told Chancellor Schuschnigg in Venice, that Italy would not fight Germany to preserve Austrian independence. Baron von Neurath in return gave his assurance that Germany would make no move to annex Austria by arms, would be content "with economic penetration of the Danube basin...
...49th annual meeting of the company which, for all practical purposes, is the world's diamond industry. Founded by the young imperialist who established the Rhodes Scholarship Trust, originally chartered with powers not only to engage in commercial exploitation but also to raise armies and make war, annex and govern territory, De Beers through its affiliates now accounts for about 95% of the world's uncut diamonds. Not all these diamonds come from its own mines. Indeed, the great African "pipe" mines were closed down tight throughout most of Depression.* But De Beers controls Diamond Corp.. haughty...
...furniture department when the store detective chases her for doughnut stealing, has begun a romance with a sheet music salesman, Terry Keith (Johnny Downs). Obstacles to their coalition and therefore to Tweep's and Dinwiddy's are: 1) efforts of Store Manager Truelove Spencer (Grady Sutton) to annex the girl himself; 2) Miss Tweep's cynical attitude toward astrology; 3) Dinwiddy's inability to establish his identity when arrested, drunk, for breaking up the sporting goods department with a shotgun. Love and astrology are finally correlated at a store party, assisted by music from Phil Harris...
...against which the Whites are fighting. In these circumstances II Duce could and did contribute to maintaining the status quo in Spain last week by sending another 10,000 Italian troops to aid the Whites (see p. 23) and this did not seem to shock official Britain. In an annex to the pact, Count Ciano declared, with particular reference to the Balearics, that "so far as Italy is concerned the integrity of present territories of Spain shall in all circumstances remain intact and unmodified." This said nothing about the large Italian force at present in the Balearics, and Count Ciano...
LOCKE OBER--A city club atmosphere--a Harvard Club annex--Perfect food and liquor...