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...blowoff came at last in the House of Representatives. The occasion was the need of Franklin D. Roosevelt's bureaus for more money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Revolt | 6/28/1943 | See Source »

...every 20 or 30 years a quake of tremendous dimensions hits the islands," he said. "That's when the big blowoff comes. The last terrible shock hit Tokyo in 1923, so that from statistics we can be reasonably sure that Japan will suffer another one sometime after...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Earthquakes Menace Japan More Than Enemy Bombers | 1/21/1942 | See Source »

Just before the blowoff, from Berlin came a dreamy interview with General Tomoyuki Yamashita, head of the Japanese military mission to the Axis, giving his impressions of Hitler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Troubled Tokyo | 6/30/1941 | See Source »

...press, taking no notice of Professor Sleator's blowoff, prepared to report summer's demise on Sept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: What is Summer? | 9/23/1940 | See Source »

...mine's open terrace workings, from which ore is grabbed by twelve mechanical shovels, the dynamite had been laid. All was nearing readiness for the festive blowoff and the newshawks, standing at a safe distance, plugged their ears, braced themselves for the shock. At that moment an electric engine rolled up drawing two cars of black powder. Five workmen and a foreman started unloading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHILE: Dynamite | 2/8/1937 | See Source »

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