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Word: downes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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> On one occasion when a Baltic Foreign Minister was hard-pressed for concessions by Soviet Foreign Commissar and Premier Viacheslav M. Molotov and his aides, Comrade Stalin walked into the conference room, put his arm around the visitor's shoulder, smiled benignly, said: "Never mind, I'll protect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Negotiator Stalin | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

His Majesty, while busy with such grave matters of State, snatched time to give a birthday breakfast party at 8 a.m. to Crown Prince Mihai. Cake is sometimes eaten for breakfast in Rumania, and Mihai sat down to steaming coffee and a cake with 18 candles. He is thus of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUMANIA: Bessarabia and Breakfast | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

On The Netherlands border from Emden down to Minister: 18 divisions.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN THEATRE: Pigeons In, Men Out | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

Two factors make today's B. E. F. even more informal than the one Sir Philip knew before. Though the caste system still remains between officers & men, it has been broken down somewhat by: 1) removing the ban on officers' hobnobbing with enlisted men off duty; 2) ruling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Winkles on Pins | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

Just then somebody in the audience sneezed. "That's it!" Barrymore called to the man down front-"Thank you!"

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Scotch Mist | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

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