Word: commander
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...violent Balbo resigned command of the Fascist Militia. Il Duce tucked him away as Undersecretary of National Economy, and he might have stayed in this sackcloth & ashes of atonement indefinitely had he not managed to wangle over to the Ministry of Aviation with his same rank of Undersecretary. Aviation and Balbo being what they are, this fiery Fascist soon got up so much momentum in the Air Service that in 1928 he skyrocketed to the rank of full "General of Air," next year entered the Mussolini Cabinet as its youngest member (33) as Air Minister. New Minister Balbo immediately removed...
...helping to meet the basic human needs in the spirit of democratic justice and in advancing the ablest and most devoted to positions of leadership, it may be because American teachers do not know how to stand together for such an end or to use the means at their command." It is for this reason that Dean Henry W. Holmes, in his annual report for the Graduate School of Education, vigorously insists that teaching should be a "permanent, independent, and powerful profession." No one can deny the vital necessity of sound teachers if we are to build a reliable citizenry...
...have ever made her sound convincing. Wagner used to pace the floor in anguish while writing Brünnhilde's songs. Time and again he asked himself whether any woman alive would be equal to them. Last week's audience again marveled at Kirsten Flagstad's command of the role, the way she used her strong, rich voice to convey Brünnhilde's unutterable happiness with Siegfried, her rage at being betrayed, the grimness with which she sought his death...
Looking through the papers on file in Widener thirty years from now, it would be difficult to explain why the Congress acted as it did on the World Court question three years ago . . . . an issue which died obediently at Mr. Hearst's command. Although his opinions and his form of journalism may be much clap-trap, it is an undeniable fact that they help mold public opinion. The record of the times, if it is to be true and impartial, must include the good and the bad. The Hearst press deserves a representative...
This was the first mass murder ever effected directly by a chemical agent in war.* The Germans made a 3½-mile breakthrough, would have penetrated much more decisively had the German high command had more confidence in their new weapon before it was tried...