Word: de
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...years ago in a high silk hat, vulgarly called a "stovepipe" or a "plug." It was the universally accepted insignia of respectability and gentlemanliness. And as to his "walking down Broadway" in it, that had no more connotation of an American Pope than his walking down Piccadilly, the Rue de la Paix or Unter den Linden would have connoted an English, French or German Pope. In fact, I never heard of any one taking the Doctor's phrase for an intimation that he desired to see an American Pope until I read it in Frank McGlynn's letter...
Leftist planes scouting over the Guadarramas reported new concentrations of Rightist troops near Guadalajara. Other sources reported nearly 100,000 Rightist troops going southward to join the Andalusian army of boastful "Radio General" Queipo de Llano. At week's end came a cracker. El Caudillo Franco issued an ultimatum to the Barcelona Government. The Negrin Cabinet must agree to an "unconditional surrender" before December 5 or else the long prepared Rightist offensive would start...
Caisse Hypothécaire Maritime et Fluviale, 78 Rue de Provence, of which the managing director is Eugène Deloncle, a consulting engineer at the Penhoët shipyards, has established the existence of a secret paramilitary organization modeled on army lines. It consists of a general staff, four intelligence departments and a sanitation service...
...United States of Brazil last month were given a new Constitution by their Dictator. Last week at a great open-air ceremony in Rio de Janeiro attended by Dictator-President Getulio Vargas, the Cabinet, highest army and navy officers and thousands of workers and schoolchildren, 20 Girl Scouts solemnly burned the flags of each of the 20 United States of Brazil upon an altar. Meanwhile the President had hoisted a large national flag. Simultaneously schoolchildren representing each of the 20 States hoisted 20 small national flags. Thus was symbolized the new Constitution's extinction of States' rights...
...Stern (H) defeated N.T. Dow (M.I.T.), 15-4, 15-7, 19-14, R.G. Millar (M.I.T.), defeated L.P. Marvin (H), 15-6, 17-15, 11-15, 15-13, J. Glidden (H) defeated I. Schwartz (M.I.T.), 15-13, 10-15, 16-13, 15-5; D. De Kruif (H) defeated I. Peskoo (M.I.T...