Word: europeanization
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Because the British are occupied in the European War, American interests in the Far East are likely to be snipped off by the advancing Japanese, according to John K. Fairbank, instructor in History...
...this landing, or the newspaper campaign introducing it, to inform them of Japan's ambitions in their spheres of empire. There had been previous signals: the peremptory seizure of Hainan, the occupation of the strategic Spratly Islands, the frank avowal of many a world-imperialist Japanese. Punctuating the European war as it did, the landing served rather to make the world review just what was still to be found in the treasure of the Indies. Were the outposts worth defending...
...Princess' claim that he promised to pay her $20,000 a year for the rest of her life, Lord Rothermere, who controls the London Daily Mail, boomed "Preposterous!" He admitted paying her $250,000 in six years to handle his relations with Adolf Hitler and other European bigwigs, naively explaining: "I expected her to live like a queen." But when asked if she was his ambassador, prognathous Rothermere replied with heavy humor: "I am not a sovereign state...
...three minutes ($29.75) Russian born Cleveland Oilman Abraham ("Abe") Pickus, self-appointed telephone diplomat who thinks he helps world peace by overseas calls to heads of European and Asiatic governments,* talked with Finnish Foreign Minister Eljas Erkko, warning him that Finland must cooperate with Russia or "she will have the same experience as Poland...
Thus, two of the land's biggest tycoons handed over one of the land's biggest corporations to their successors. It was a fine thing for G.E. to have as board chairman one who forced down the throats of European politicos a 70% reduction in German reparations, and who was now & then mentioned for the U. S. Presidency as a public-minded businessman. Likewise it was a fine thing for G.E. to have Gerard Swope for president, because though he concentrated on operations, he went about a good deal, was on any number of boards and committees...