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Word: ende (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...vital for them. But we have all got to face it and face it together. . . . This goes down to the roots of whether civilization goes on or civilization dies, as many civilizations have died in the past. It is nothing new for a civilization to come to the end. We have seen it happen over and over again. It is just a question of whether we have the brains to keep it from happening and the determination and the character and the unselfishness. It is a great challenge to the people of this country because we are the leading country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: On Bought Time | 3/6/1939 | See Source »

Whatever peace might mean to war-weary Spain, to the outside world the approaching end of the Spanish War was merely the signal for the beginning of a diplomatic tug of war between the European democracies and dictatorships. Germany and Italy believe they will exert more influence because they helped Rebel Spain win the war with men and munitions. France and Britain hope to get the new Spain into their camp by lending her money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN SPAIN: WAR IN SPAIN | 3/6/1939 | See Source »

Noteworthy it is that while the port of Danzig, established under the League of Nations at the end of the World War as a free city with a Polish customs union, has been actually ruled by the local Nazis for three years, Germany has not yet found it "convenient" formally to annex the Free City. Poland has a flourishing port now of its own at Gdynia, but the Poles have nevertheless insisted that Danzig respect the internationally guaranteed Polish rights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLAND: Guardian | 3/6/1939 | See Source »

...delegates together during three weeks of the abortive Round-Table Conference, the British Government, rather than allow the deadlock to continue, threw its cards on the table. In an "unofficial recommendation" submitted by Colonial Secretary Malcolm MacDonald to the Arab and Jewish delegations, the British Government proposed that they end their League of Nations mandate over Palestine and set up the Holy Land as an independent state, tied by treaty relations to Britain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Last Supper? | 3/6/1939 | See Source »

...Darling Daughter (Warner Bros.) is an adaptation of Mark Reed's mildly sophisticated, mildly amusing play about a humorless young couple who enjoy an earnest week-end together before getting married. Three weeks ago the New York State Board of Censors banned the movie. Last week, the Board of Regents rescinded the ban and Warner Bros., eager to capitalize on the publicity, hurried it simultaneously into Manhattan's Strand and Globe Theatres. Critics and audiences found it mildly sophisticated, mildly amusing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Mar. 6, 1939 | 3/6/1939 | See Source »

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