Word: archness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...climbed into a big limousine one morning in Palo Alto. The plump man was Herbert Hoover. The others were two secretaries and a chauffeur. Heading eastward across the U. S. the limousine took Mr. Hoover to: 1) Chandler, Ariz. "on business"; 2) Phoenix, Ariz. to spend the night with Arch W. Shaw, Charles G. Dawes, General Pershing, General Harbord and Henry M. Robinson; 3) Albuquerque, N. Mex. to lunch with onetime Republican Congressman Simms and his wife, Ruth Hanna McCormick; 4) Santa Fe, N. Mex.; 5) Kit Carson, Colo.; 6 ) Hutchinson, Kans. to lunch with onetime Republican Congressman...
Subject to parliamentary approvalr Sweden, political arch-enemy of Communism, last week became the first power in all the world to negotiate a direct government loan to Soviet Russia. The loan agreement, announced last week in Moscow, is for 100,000,000 kroner ($26,300,000), big for Sweden, for seven years at 51%. It would shatter once and for all the twelve-year financial blockade by governments against the U. S. S. R. The money must be spent in Sweden, would buy high grade steel for tools, electrical machinery, ball bearings, iron...
...Germany against the rest of Europe, for Hitler has seen to it that Germany has no allies left; even Hitler, however, would hardly be imbecilic enough to face such overwhelming odds. The maintenance of the peace of Europe seems, ironically enough, to be partially guaranteed by its arch enemy, Adolf Hitler...
...months the bullet-riddled body of Alexandre Stavisky has mouldered in its grave. But the evil shadow of this arch-swindler continued to march on through the ranks of French politics, striking in the dark like a vampire at large. Paris newspapers, seldom more than 16 pages, are not given to over-writing the news. Of the 30 columns of news in last Sunday's Matin, 14 were definitely concerned with the Stavisky scandal...
...servant and theft of coin bring to the Yard-novice Richardson a new chance. Much work, many physically gathered facts and good police integration bring co-relation of another case to bear and close the mystery. The case contains an extraneous parrot, a trustful solicitor and a suave arch-crook...