Word: combatting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Liberal states, very much the "haves" as contrasted to the collectivist "have-nots", must form a "Democintern" to combat the systematic expansion of the Comintern and the Fascintern, Hopper said...
...endless, ominous growl of motors, was something the like of which not only Texas but no one else in the U. S. had ever seen before. It was the "P. I. D."-Proposed Infantry Division-which, under consideration for two years, was being tested for the first time under combat conditions...
...thus opened the first Parliament of the new reign. The 18-minute speech, composed as usual by the Cabinet, promised that His Majesty's Government will: press on with Rearmament; speed air raid precautions; inaugurate penal law reforms; regulate the coal mining, electric power, milk and whitefish industries ; combat stock frauds; add judges to unjam the divorce courts; publicize the health services; expand housing; regulate the working conditions of truck drivers and raise the efficiency of the United Kingdom's fire brigades...
...automobile in volume of sales last year was Chevrolet. This year Ford, less hamstrung by Labor than was General Motors, regained the lead. This week, with the annual Automobile Show in Manhattan marking the January first of the 1938 automobile year, rival makers were girt for renewed combat on a scale far greater than ever before. Last week it was announced that for the first time since 1929 automobiles and parts rate as No. 1 U. S. export. In Detroit, employment approached the 1929 peak. In Manhattan, the Automobile Manufacturers Association announced that production of 1937 models had totaled...
...somewhat the same trouble when I was in college myself. It is a matter of common knowledge that prolonged concentration on a small dull colored object, particularly when accompanied by a low murmuring sound, is a very effective method of hypnosis. In my day I used to combat the effects by thinking of something particularly ghastly, like boiled turnips. But now, with college food so good, you will have to think of something else. There is an ugly rumor, however, that a dish called Vienna "Lead" Roll is still being served. Try this. Try thinking about it, I mean. Your...