Word: controllable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...political rewards to come, Martin Dies in reply warned the President he had better mend his talk. Cried the chairman (by radio) : "There is nothing new about this latest attack by the Administration . . . except the occasion which prompted it. ... The time has come when the country and those in control of the Government should determine whether or not we shall be ... constantly handicapped, embarrassed and thwarted by Washington officialdom...
...into Estonia the guns of both nations gave mutual salutes, bands played both the Estonian anthem and the Internationale. Attempts of Baltic Communists to "tovarish" the visiting Russians were received coldly. At Wilno, self-appointed Communists started to purge the bourgeoisie before the Soviet soldiers arrived, but once in control the Russians either shot the local Communists or deported them to Moscow...
...British divers took more than 50 bodies. Score for the war's eighth week of all shipping sunk by German mines and torpedoes: six vessels, 28,677 tons. Score for the Allied blockade of contraband goods was not given out, but it was believed higher than ever. The control ports were crowded and busy...
...drawings might be the carrier Glorious: she is certainly not Ark Royal, which has a full flight deck. The escorting battleship, aside from being in an unlikely position (aft of the carrier instead of ahead, shielding her), resembles no known British ship (her two masts carry big fire-control tops at the same level...
...same token of international law which forbids bombing women, children and oldsters, Russia said it was wrong to deprive them of food, fuel, clothing. Russia therefore "declares that it does not agree" to the British contraband list and rules, does not recognize the control port inspection and seizure system, especially since Russian ships and cargoes are State property. "On the strength of the above," Russia reserved the right to claim compensation from Britain for losses incurred. No trace of alarm was shown in London over what one eminent legalist called Russia's "fantastic" position...