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...water bottles! A thousand times NO. Merely the outpouring of a perverted mind, who, I am sure, Los Angeles would disown for such mouthings. For Los Angeles is proud of her nextdoor neighbor, conscious of our worthwhileness, our value and place in the growth of Southern California...
When news of Hon. Averill's elopement reached Lord Furness by plane he loudly swore that he would disown any daughter of his who married a zebra trainer. Back flew the plane to Nairobi with a notice which last week appeared in the East African Standard...
...more than that. The Japanese Cotton Spinners' Association owns twelve mills in Shanghai. Under orders from Tokyo they threatened to close their mills last week, throw 70,000 Chinese out of work. A group of worried Chinese merchants last week called on Mayor Wu Teh-chen, begged him to disown the boycott society. Chinese, they slyly added, could still boycott to their heart's content, privately. Meanwhile, Mayor Wu temporized, Chinese troops began barricading the city, the Japanese marines fretted aboard their warships, eager to get ashore and have some...
...upon the method adopted by me, but my country is not likely to mistake my meaning. I say what I mean and think. The only way to conquer violence is through non violence, pure and undefiled. "If, in spite of repeated warnings, the people resort to violence, I must disown responsibility and you may condemn civil disobedience as much as you like. Will you prefer a violent revolt? "History will pronounce the verdict that the British Government, not bearing because not understanding, goaded human nature to violence, which it could understand how to deal with." Shrewd Move. Certainly there...
...American frontier towns. Voyons, Messieurs! With what do you reproach me? The only two laws which have been passed since my Government came into office [TIME, Nov. 11] had the support of five-sixths of the Chamber. Shall I make another argument? 'Don't you dare disown me when I bring you your own babies under...