Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Admitting it to be very difficult to guess whether there will be a war in Europe in the near future, he said, "The answer primarily depends on the action of the League of Nations with regard to the Italic-Ethiopian war. If the League places effective sanctions on Mussolini, there will be war between certain governments, members of the League of Nations, and Italy, unless Mussolini backs down from his intentions as indicated by his threats...
...will long ago have discovered that the photograph (credited to Keystone) you printed on p. 21, TIME, Dec. 9, was not that of General Sung Cheh-yuan, as labeled. Difficult to corner with a camera, General Sung is much younger, larger, bigger-boned. Current dealings with Major General Kenji Doihara leave him no time for such books as that carried by the real man in the picture. The book happens to be a Bible, and the man himself deserves a greater place in U. S. hearts than Warlord Sung. He is Yao Chen-yuan, 80-year-old Chinese Christian, sole...
...Photographer Soong, for cornering difficult General Sung Cheh-yuan with a camera, all credit.-ED. Interesting Day Sirs...
...What is our amazement to find Governor Smith enthroned in the camp of the enemy, warring like one of the Janizaries of old against his own people. . . . The Brown Derby has been discarded for the high hat. . . . Yes, Governor Smith, it was as difficult to conceive you at that Liberty League banquet as it would be to imagine George Washington waving a cheery good-by to the ragged and bleeding band at Valley Forge while he rode forth to dine in sumptuous luxury with smug and sanctimonious Tories in nearby Philadelphia. . . . You approved NRA, you approved farm relief, you urged...
...Class B was more difficult because of the dividend accumulation of $17,260,000- a total which even Radio Corp. could not handle on top of the expenditure involved in calling Class A. So Mr. Kennedy suggested the creation of a new preferred stock callable at $100 and paying $3.50 a year. Each Class B holder would receive for one share of his Class B, one and one-fifth shares of the new preferred, plus one share of common. Enticement was added to this offer by providing that at any time within the next five years each share...