Word: dangerous
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Birthday. Georges Clemenceau, French War Prime Minister; at St. Vincent-sur-Jard. Age: 88. Said he: "My mother lived to be 83 years old, my father, 87. At 88, I am in the danger zone. I do not ask for death, neither do I fear it. I await it. I shall die this year...
...Naval officers in general are heartily in favor of the success of a conference which would bring about parity as between the navies of England and the United States, provided that due regard is given to any reasonable danger that might threaten from any other direction...
...passion for well-rounded education is such that we are in danger of manufacturing a nation of billiard balls...
...that this present tariff policy, however successful it may have been in the past, is at present a short sighted one. There remains the shadow of hatred from nations whom economic pressure drives to envy and despair. This is the real warning from Professor Taussig? It is the real danger in the tariff, and it awaits a generation which did not write the bill...
...left,' as the case may be, it will be a long step toward preventing the likelihood of panic. Moreover, when a man knows how to swim he is much less likely to be scared out of his wits when a ship is in danger." Declaring that his own Lloyd Sabaudo Line had at once begun to teach their crews English and aquatics, Dr. Serrati intimated that all the major Italian carriers would at once follow suit. "Our crews in squads of 25," he said, "will be taught English daily in their mess rooms while our vessels...