Word: combat
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...necessary to convince people of the imminence of a second world war. The danger is rather that we have become so used to the idea as to be callous to it. The purpose of actions such as the Armistice Day Weekend actions planned by the students' committee is to combat this callousness, and to organize into an effective force the antiwar sentiment of the great majority of the student body. The actions are taken during Armistice Day Weekend because we are convinced that action to prevent future wars is the most effective tribute to those who have died...
...week, with much less hesitancy, the A. M. A. reaffirmed its approval, advising in a three-column report and a two-column editorial in its Journal that Coley's Fluid be used as a prophylactic in conjunction with surgery and in inoperable cancers "as a desperate attempt to combat the inevitable." Dr. Coley is 72, and still in active practice. For 41 years he was attending surgeon in Manhattan's Memorial Hospital. He has written extensively on cancer. He still believes that an invisible germ prepares the way for cancers of the bone. But he does not know...
...august party sped from Milan to Cremona, Pantherman Starace told young men who prayed for jobs: ''Remember that Fascism promises you neither honors nor jobs nor profits, but only duty and combat...
Secretary Dern's order relieved General Benjamin Delahauf ("Benny") Foulois, Chief of Air Corps, from command of practically the entire combat air force, restricting his command in future to personnel training and aircraft procurement. Directly in control of the new combat force will be General Douglas MacArthur, Army Chief of Staff. Actual command of the GHQ Air Force probably will go to Brigadier General Charles H. Danforth of Langley Field, onetime Assistant Chief of Air Corps, who was expected to be upped in rank to major-general...
General Johnson's share in the disappointment is hard to estimate. He has sincerely fought for its success and has been one of the few men who would tell the President what he thinks. Nevertheless, bomb ash has not been able to combat the inefficiency of his administration. This is a time when it would be wise for the administration to back down frankly and regain the confidence of "daunting Thomases" and theoretical die-hards. In the process it should retain the value that lies in the NRA. Not only has codification been excellent for large industries, but minimum...