Word: earth
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Kremlin, was merely trying to wheedle unbudgeable Russians into entering a pact without specific British anti-aggression guarantees to reluctant Latvia, Estonia, Finland, observers thought Seichas likely to last for a long time. The more so as hard-headed Kremlin negotiators with one ear glued to the good earth hoped to make capital out of British embroilments with Japanese in China...
...battle, the Japanese, who have modern guns and a vastly superior air force, have won most of the direct engagements with ease. The most successful Chinese tactic is the "scorched earth" policy, which prevents the Japanese from living off the country through which they advance. But in spite of scorched earth and burned buildings, the Japanese have seized the cities and important railroads of North China, and have pushed their lines up the Yangtze valley to Hankow. Japan's conquest at its furthest limits extends 1,000 miles from north to south, 1,000 miles from east to west...
...voyager to Mars would have done better to wait until July 27, when the planet will be at its closest to the earth in 15 years (36,000,000 miles), a saving of 15,813,800 miles...
...John Nance Garner, 86% ; voice quality fair, delivery good, mannerisms excellent, poise good. Attribute: his "down-to-earth Texas accent . . . hard-headed common sense . . . homely anecdotes and similes after the manner of the late Will Rogers." Liability: a flat, high-pitched voice, "not too pleasant to listen to over long periods...
...every June, Vag has been joyously happy. The rebirth of nature's earth has been his rebirth too. Cupid, Puck, and Duty have fought for his attention, and he has reveled in their very battling. Once, so long ago, when he was a mewling prepster. June meant the end of another school year was near. It meant only that summer--an idyllic period of freedom and fun--approached. It meant a return to those hazy blue mountains which Vag loves...