Word: br
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...spread across the entire front page of the MacDonald Government's party organ the Daily Herald. Paradoxically this super-scarehead was a friendly gesture. Silver-haired, silver-tongued Scot MacDonald was welcoming that day the first German Chancellor to set foot in England since the War: Dr. Heinrich Brüning, a young clean shaven statesman of but 46, a Catholic of stern fiber who won the Iron Cross fighting für Kaiser und für Vaterland...
...President in Feldmarschal's uniform and spiked helmet, Chancellor Heinrich Brüning in his high hat. Defense Minister Wilhelm Groener in his high hat et omnes in their high hats were presently in position. A glorious sun beamed on Kiel. In the harbor a short distance away the entire German home fleet (27 ships) was drawn up ready to blaze a 21-gun salute. No one was supposed to know that the new ship would be christened Deutschland-named after the beloved Fatherland by HINDENBURG. Officially the sleek, rivetless war-boat, cunningly welded together by German genius...
...Although Penick & Ford was almost wrecked by the depression of 1921, 1930 saw its profits at $1,811,348 against 1929's $1,882,441. It is the country's third largest maker of corn products (second: A. E. Staley Manufacturing Co., Decatur, Ill.). Famed are its Br'er Rabbit Molasses and Vermont Maid Maple Syrup. Son successfully faced Father, was not defeated...
...British Foreign Secretary, is a Scotsman who stands by his friends. Only he of all the 20 Foreign Ministers gathered at Geneva last week went down to the station to meet Aristide Briand, just defeated in the election for President of France (see p. 23). Warmly Uncle Arthur and Br'er Briand clasped hands. Nobody knew then whether the Frenchman was still Foreign Minister or just Citizen Briand. His resignation was in the hands of Prime Minister Pierre Laval of France, but the Cabinet had issued an evasive communiqué suggesting that it might be withdrawn. Briand himself...
...victory of Paul Doumer, was the event of the day. France has dozens of Doumers, small and intensely nationalistic bourgeoisie who have become Senators. She has only one Briand, stooped, untidy, sleepy-eyed and droop-mustached -world-great. When he reached Versailles last week it was seen that Br'er Briand had submitted to one of the few decent haircuts he has ever had. Even the mustache that has drooped and wandered where it would for years had been neatly trimmed, sleeked down. The Great Man wore a sack suit which had actually been pressed! His valet hovered...