Word: arc
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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SAINT JOAN-Bernard Shaw brilliantly assures Joan of Arc of a place in history...
...advantageous to Poincaré. A lapse of more than a week would allow a careful analysis of German returns. In a week much propaganda of alarmist complexion could be used to advantage by the Bloc National, of which M. Poincaré is the head. The date-Jeanne d'Arc Day-is also calculated to play upon the national pride of the French people...
...When peace was signed the Pope did not act as a neutral man, but he favored France. This was illustrated by a letter written at the time of the sanctification of Jeanne d"Arc...
...complaint that things can't be run on air is thoroughly exploded. Chemists have for years been making some most important compounds out of the raw material of air. "Free" oxygen and nitrogen in the air, for instance, can be "fixed" by a gigantic electric arc into nitric oxide, from which nitric acid and nitrates (valuable fertilizers) are made...
SAINT JOAN-G. B. Shaw, encouraged by the Theatre Guild, seeks to bring Jeanne d'Arc and the world down to-earth...