Word: canalizes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Roosevelt, declaring that the U. S. will be unable to keep out of any major war and should join in cracking down on Il Duce. The Archbishop of York publicly hoped that the League of Nations will ask and obtain aid of the Great Powers to close the Suez Canal against Italian forces, thus barring the eagles of Fascism from their prey. Finally up from the French baths of Aix heaved Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin and, amid a sensational recalling of the whole British Cabinet from their various vacation hideouts, the Empire was geared for action. Arriving from Scotland...
...swept over their islands bound for Africa. From Egyptian sources it appeared that an armed British sneak toward Lake Tana was indeed being prepared. The Admiralty announced that the Mediterranean fleet would "cruise" for the time being in such fashion as to command the mouth of the Suez Canal. Other British war boats strengthened Gibraltar and Red Sea points. Fifty miles off Italy on the British island naval base of Malta orders from London to erect shelters against air bombs were excitedly obeyed. Some 1,000 troops were ordered to sail from England to bring the Malta garrison...
...instinctive sense of design and sure draughtsmanship made him antedate the modern surrealists by two generations with such a drawing as Bridget's Dream, a nightmarish wedding of nightshirts, handkerchiefs, sunbonnets and bed socks (see cut). Generally however, he preferred historical scenes like the Opening of the Erie Canal or The Casting of the Liberty Bell. The Professor viewed the problem of woman suffrage with considerable alarm. He did a satirical series of pictures on the Triumph of Women's Rights. Typical was the scene at the polling place (see cut), where female ward heelers, one in pants...
...late 20's, plump, moderately pretty. Though it is her third trip to New York and she will not be taken in by the old trade wheeze about "going down to Canal Street to see the canal,"* she is excited, brings along too many clothes. She arrives in a long-sleeved black dress, finds the temperature 88°. The store allows her $8 a day and carfare. She registers at the Hotel McAlpin, convenient to the garment centre. After notifying the Times and the Women's Wear Daily of her arrival, she calls on her store...
...Manhattan's Canal Street has no canal...