Word: evens
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Schultze" said that, after sinking the Royal Sceptre, he set out to intercept the Browning because "I wanted to tell the Browning to take the course of the Royal Sceptre. The Browning sighted us, and to my surprise the crew manned the boats in a panic. Before I could even draw closer to give my peaceful message, all the passengers and crew of the Browning had left the ship. I now had to make it clear to those terrified people that they were to get back into the boat again and save the crew of the Royal Sceptre...
...Russian Warsaw held out for 15 days against the Imperial German Army, and by last week Republican Warsaw had held out five days more than that against the Nazi Juggernaut. With food and ammunition almost gone, with pestilence and epidemics feared, it was time for even valiant Stefan the Stubborn to change his tune, and the Mayor did so literally. Suddenly the blasts of martial music at continuous intervals from Warsaw Radio, which had meant to all Europe that the city was holding out (TIME, Sept. 25), were replaced by deep-toned funereal hymns. It was not, however, Stefan...
...doctor the schools' failings, Survey Graphic'?, experts proposed many remedies, from Federal financial aid to more science in education. Most practical was Columbia University's Professor Karl N. Llewellyn, who suggested that educators find mass-production formulas that even mediocre teachers can use. Sample formula (to promote healthy skepticism): Let pupils be taught from the kindergarten to preface every "fact" thus: "My geography book says that Albany is the capital of New York"; "Mr. Smithers says that stealing is naughty"; "The Bugle says Japan is a menace"; "Candidate Loud says that Senator Louder is a liar...
...Even Cincinnati's dog-collared dowagers -to whom Reds usually meant Bolsheviks, flies pests and bunting something one wrapped a baby in-could reel off the minutest details of the Reds' harrowing experiences the past month: a robust team with a fielding average of .975 (best in the league) and a batting average of .273 (third best), they were leading the National League by twelve games on August i and looked like a cinch to win the pennant; but last week, mind you, they were struggling to defend a precarious 2½-game lead against the Cardinals...
...Twisting their scorecards, they watched big Paul Derringer face the formidable bats of Enos Slaughter (.321), Joe Medwick (.333), Johnny Mize (.351) and Don Padgett (.410)-baseball's hardest-hitting quartet. Derringer had won 24 games this year, had struck out 124 batters and walked only 35. Yet even his most devoted admirers feared the worst...