Word: east
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Nanking's greatest fear, which explains the sudden evacuation of the capital despite the fact that the Japanese troops are still 110 miles east of the city gates, is looting by Chinese troops-not fear of bombardment from Japanese warships. . . . Inside the Chinese lines the utmost confusion prevails. . . . Chinese troops have not been paid since August. . . . There is severe lack of food for front-line troops. . . . Demoralization had resulted from lack of attention for the Chinese wounded. . . . Then, too, might be added the strong resentment of the Chinese front-line troops at the fact that while they are under...
London considered this just so much Egyptian eyewash, for the reason that several of the ministers chosen by Premier Mahmoud for his Cabinet are notoriously pro-Italian. It was clear that months of pan-Islamic and pro-Fascist propaganda and intrigue in the Near East by agents of Benito Mussolini had sown in Cairo much of what the King was trying to reap this week. The British were not in the least relieved when Ali Maher Pasha, Chief Political Chamberlain of His Majesty, also told London papers by telephone that "there is not a word of truth" in the rumors...
...Francisco-West 0. East...
...Pacific Coast and Far Western players are chosen to represent the West; Midwestern and Eastern players to represent the East. This year the West team was selected and coached by Lawrence (''Biff") Jones of Nebraska and Orin Hollingbcry of Washington State: the East by Andy Kerr of Colgate and Bernie Bierman of Minnesota...
...present there is every reason for the Crimson squad to be overconfident. The Yale "News" quotes Bob Kiphuth, Yale coach, as saying that Harvard has the best swim squad in the East this year. The metropolitan newspapers frequently flash large headlines acclaiming Harvard as possibly the strongest team in the country. Whether these and other optimistic predictions are based on fact can be proved only in the tank for the next few Saturdays...