Word: construction
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...changed with Japan's brusque withdrawal from the Conference (TIME, Jan. 27), and with Britain's authorization to Germany to violate the naval clauses of the Treaty of Versailles (TIME, June 24) and construct a major Nazi Fleet. Last week, since neither Germany nor Japan was sitting in at the London Conference, its proceedings were illusory. The object was to agree solemnly upon something of a high sounding nature which would permit the delegates to adjourn without too great an appearance of frustration. For this purpose the plan of Lord Monsell showed promise. It was gravely adopted...
...Minister Hermann Wilhelm Goring divulged the secret that Great Britain, in assenting to German violation of naval clauses of the Treaty of Versailles (TIME. June 24), assented also to violation of its air clauses. Germany is to lay down in 1936 aircraft carriers totalling 47,000 tons and construct squadrons of torpedo seaplanes as large as Pan-American Transpacific Clippers...
...pocket their pride" and accept government funds for the relief of needy students. Yet there is no question of shame or obligation attached to the process. In fact, it is particularly gratifying that the University administration is taking this measure to enable deserving students to continue their education. To construct this as assuming an obligation is to completely misunderstand the motives of the N.Y.A...
Princeton has taken a long step forward in the plans for its new library announced recently by President Harold Willis Dodds. For some time hailed as the home of "professional football" and big-time athletics, Princeton has wisely chosen to construct a new library rather than replace her notoriously old gymnasium, about which there has been so much under-graduate and alumni complaint. This action should go for toward discouraging much unjust criticism which has been directed toward that university. -Yale News
...University engineers seem to have the bit in their mouth after spending some $50,000 on walks during the summer and are also about to construct a driveway for Memorial hall and a parking space for the officials of Craft Laboratory...