Word: chunk
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...virtually welcomed Japan's invasion of Manchuria-much to the chagrin of the U. S. Secretary of State, Henry L. Stimson. Sir Samuel's big try at appeasement came in 1935, when with French Premier Pierre Laval, he arranged a deal to give Benito Mussolini a big chunk of Ethiopia. He had to resign because of public indignation, but soon found another Cabinet job. That the Prime Minister's indignation at Adolf Hitler may be only temporary was hinted at last week when Mr. Chamberlain took pains to assure Germany that Britain would not interfere with...
...That Way" and "If Dreams Come True" in full splendor; "Dodging The Dean is made up of "Blue Skies" (Benny Goodman's arrangement) and "How Am I To Know"; "Study in Green" bears strange resemblances to one of Glenn Miller's riff tunes; "Midnight in Madhouse" has a large chunk of Ambrose's "Night Ride" present; "Chant of the Jungle" is an almost exact carbon of the old Casa Loma arrangement; these are just a few of Mr. Clinton's attempts at being original. Benny Goodman imitates Count Basic; but at least he has the courtesy to put Basic...
...villages and farms buy a large chunk of the consumer goods sold in the U. S. Last week a research committee, jointly sponsored by CBS and NBC, made public a report which gave a partial answer on how well radio was doing its job interesting and selling the farmer. The committee's researchers conducted 20,362 personal interviews on farms and in communities of less than 2,500 population in 96 sample counties scattered throughout the 48 States. What they found out, they consider a fairly accurate slant on the radio habits of the nation...
...nation of 45,000,000 inhabitants springing out of eastern Europe, and printed a map of future "Great Ukraine." Most of the new State would be carved out of the Soviet Union, where 30,000,000 Ukrainians live under the rule of Dictator Joseph Stalin, but a sizable chunk would also come out of Poland (3,200,000 Ukrainians) and a generous slice out of Rumania (800,000 Ukrainians...
...municipalities along the Colorado River to build their own power plants with PWA aid. Texas Power & Light has 1,277 miles of power line serving 13,200 customers in this Texas area, which is as big as Massachusetts and Connecticut combined. Last week, President Carpenter offered to sell this chunk of his system to LCRA, saying "the difficulties which confront power companies, faced with competition from power projects which are heavily subsidized by gifts of Federal funds, compel us to work out some plan with you to prevent the destruction of our properties. . . ." Mr. Carpenter also wound up with...