Word: conquest
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...their side. Promising a "quick victory," he reshuffled his Cabinet, called to three key posts two of the nation's most influential military men and the top-rank Japanese financier. The Premier urged upon the new Cabinet a "renewed determination to attain Japan's fixed objective (complete conquest) in China...
Biggest share of the Hollywood budget will probably be spent by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, opulent producing subsidiary of Loew's Inc. Accustomed to spending as much as $3,000,000 on a picture (Conquest, Marie Antoinette), M-G-M does so to give proper setting to Hollywood's greatest star roster, to produce most of Hollywood's best jobs, many of its stuffiest. Over last fiscal year, Loew's Inc. topped the cinemindustry with a net income of $14,426,062. In the coming season, MGM's schedule calls for 52 films, to include Northwest...
...particular value as far as the field itself goes. It is one of the most interesting in the field, however, and is the only course which attempts to trace the historical growth of any phase of government, covering in particular the development of common law since before the Conquest (1066). One of the four special topics for correlation with History is the History of Representative Government. But even aside from questions of the Divisional Exams, this subject has been grossly under-rated so far. This is the only illustrative course in the history of any phase of government, there...
...Washington last week, a reporter asked Secretary of State Cordell Hull whether the U. S. contemplated altering its policy of refusing officially to recognize Italy's conquest in view of the fact that, at Geneva last week, the League of Nations Council had decided to permit recognition by member nations. The Secretary's reply: "Our policy remains absolutely unchanged...
...recent Ethiopian war it was a Fascist, Marshal de Bono, who went out to begin a "Fascist conquest'' of this part of Africa. It was a prominent Monarchist, Marshal Badoglio, who, when the war bogged down under de Bono, was sent out, and ended the war as an "Italian victory." The King has always acted so as to give fullest scope to the energy and talents of II Duce, who has always acted with the greatest respect for Vittorio Emanuele III. Not long ago a Fascist official told of having suggested on a certain point that the Premier...