Word: breach
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Month of the 12th Year of His Imperial Majesty's reign which is known as Showa or "Light and Peace." The ancient Ming walls of Nanking, 40 ft. high and 30 ft. thick, stoutly defended last week, made it impossible to do more on 12-12-12 than breach the walls at two places, hoist the Japanese flag prematurely...
...Nations, his action will be seen as merely another maneuver aimed at improving Italy's bargaining position in the world. Although the implications of this action are great, it is not in itself a serious step. Italy has since May of last year been far from Geneva. Nevertheless, the breach between the "isms" and democracy has been widented, and the necessity of cooperation between the great democracies is more urgent than ever before...
...progress having been made as late as 6:30 o'clock a daring Horatio from the ranks of the Cambridge Gas Light Co. stepped into the breach and plunged into the already gas-filled man hole...
...Earl of Kingston, War veteran and a onetime subaltern in the Royal Scots Greys, was on terms of the greatest intimacy with a Miss Adele Royle, 34, dressmakers' mannequin. Early this spring His Lordship's attention began to wander, and Miss Royle promptly sued for breach of promise. The case was instantly quashed in the courts, and Mannequin Royle was fined costs of court. Last week Viscount Kingsborough struck back in turn. In Miss Royle's apartment it had been His Lordship's pleasure to play with model trains and tin soldiers. These and other personal...
...Harvard policy on the man-eating shark situation is meeting with speedy and determined action from those who make it their business to reply to burning questions of the day. But already the University Museum of Comparative Zoology has scooped all other expeditions by stepping into the breach with a fish collecting trip to Cuba this winter which was announced yesterday. Although failing to realize the true significance of the shark question, the Museum has nevertheless made a great stride in the right direction. Concentrating on small fry is their only mistake; it is the mob leaders, the tops...