Word: bring
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...church groups have sent $1,000,000, so that the American Red Cross is very much upon its mettle. It is handicapped by the fact as a matter of long policy it never itself initiates formal drives for foreign causes, depending on appeals like the President's to bring in the funds...
...journalistic hands in Rome can always tell the difference between a genuine Italian demonstration and one of organized "spontaneity." In the latter case each demonstrator has to bring to the scene a card which he received by mail, must give this to a Fascist Party official Censorship kills dispatches saying cards have been stamped, but last week Italian censors were delighted to pass cables in which correspondents vouched for the real enthusiasm of a huge Rome crowd screaming "CIANO! CIANO! CIANO...
Surprises were few as the official Mussolini-Chamberlain text was released in full, but observers noted: 1) It omits the expected direct reference to Palestine, although indirectly referring to existing Italian treaty rights in connection with that mandate. 2) Britain and Italy agree to bring each other up to date each year with information on their military, naval and air forces. 3) Respecting the interests of Italy in the Mediterranean, which were to have been called "vital" while those of Britain were to have been called only "essential," this whole matter is covered by simply reaffirming the Italo-British Gentlemen...
...shortcomings of the Shah's dozen years in office, the ludicrous anomalies, misappropriations and mass suffering bring laughter and tears only to the eyes of Westerners. By Oriental standards, his own, the Shah is the man of his generation in the Middle East...
Just as baseball managers try to outbid one another for fine pitchers and hitters, so orchestral managers try to outbid one another for champion piccolo players and contrabassoonists. The violin and the cello are commonly placed among the noblest of musical instruments, but good violinists and cellists bring only a fair figure (average salary: about $80 a week). Most strenuous bidding frequently takes place over first-class oboists and horn players. Fiddlers are the symphonic world's plentiful proletariat. But fine horn players are rarer than fine conductors, and often make a bigger difference to the sound...