Word: bag
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...hell of a fix if we had followed Mr. Chamberlain. We would be in the same fix we were in as a result of the Stimson incident [1932] when he and Sir John Simon endeavored to halt Japan's early conquest of North China . . . holding the bag...
This vast experiment, directly contrary to Secretary of State Hull's reciprocal trade agreements, directly resulted from cotton's tragic predicament: 1) cotton exports for the season ending July 31 were 3,400,000 bales, smallest in 60 years; 2) Mr. Wallace is still holding the bag on 11,300,000 bales of cotton, the accumulated surplus; 3) in three weeks cotton-pickers will begin plucking 1939 bolls for a new unwanted, unsalable crop expected to total about 12,000,000 more bales...
...started the current game of frontier sniping along the Khalka River is not clear, but last week the Japanese were ready to call it quits. Kwantung Army communiqués announced the destruction of 39 Soviet Mongol planes, bringing its total claimed bag to nearly 500, but beside some of the earlier paper triumphs this was scarcely worth mentioning. The Japanese have learned that the more smashing victories they claim the rougher the Russians play. While Soviet bombers continued their out-of-bounds forays, nothing more was heard of the Japanese threat to carry the war into Siberia...
...Tyrone Power, cooked up by no pressagent but by smart little Darryl Zanuck himself. Actually, Second Fiddle is no more of a personal history than any other Henie movie. Like its predecessors, it is an artfully contrived showcase for the display of a camera-kind young woman with a bag of unique and spectacular tricks...
...reported virtually to have conceded every Russian demand. Concessions were: 1) Specific military guarantees to the Baltic States; 2) Anglo-French-Russian staff consultations before the alliance becomes effective; 3) specific pledges by Britain and France not to make a separate peace during war, leave Russia holding the bag. Sole outstanding issue left to quibble over was Russia's demand that the Baltic States also be guaranteed against a change of internal regime, i. e. Nazification. If the pact reports proved true and the Anglo-Russian Pact is at last to be signed, it could mean just one thing...