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This broad Victorian background on the state-of-the-nation and the world gave the part of the speech which Mr. Hirota devoted to China its special weight. Victorians had their devils, and Mr. Hirota did not conceal his horror at the fact that "members of the Communist International have penetrated all classes of the Chinese, destroying the social order of the country and endangering the stability of East Asia!" He found it "most lamentable . . . for the sake of the rest of Asia as a whole, as well as for the people of China" that the Chinese Government of Generalissimo...
...Croix de Guerre and Legion of Honor. He is the sort of man sound men call sound. Even so, on international exchange the franc remained weak while France sat tight in the badly rocked boat of her political equilibrium. For despite every effort made by all parties concerned to conceal it, the Popular Front of Communists, Socialists and Radical Socialists was in a state of disintegration, and the chances of its long survival seemed slim. In his ministerial declaration Premier Chautemps frankly confessed that he headed a "transition government...
...numerous roamings and rovings, the Vagabond has long been the victim of two middle-aged tyrants, called parents by facetious sociologists and naive maiden aunts, who are cruelly solicitous for the health of his molars as well as the cyst beneath his right shoulder blade. These two, who conceal their despotism under a jacket of social charm and kindness (so that all but himself considers them as unusually fine specimens of humanity), ruffled their feathers in immediate response to the Vagabond's scheme of adventure. No, they said in one grave and discreet voice, it would be too dangerous...
...throughout. By using high tensile alloy steel, weight of the car has been cut from 180,000 Ib. to around 120,000 Ib. Complete welding of the sides removes all rivet heads and joints, makes them stronger and sleeker. Between cars are semi-articulated sections, and aprons between trucks conceal the car's mechanical equipment. More innovations: flush windows, entrance steps that roll out of sight, vestibule at one end only...
Despite the attempts of fair-haired Vassarites to conceal the truth, the Lonely Hearts Club, Princeton's much discussed addition to campus organizations, is both active and successful...