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...strength sufficient to carry on under the present difficulties. Again and again in the press comes the plea that the nation must achieve more unity, that Japan must present a united front to the world, and that at all costs the present conflict must not be allowed to exhaust her resources before the anticipated trial of strength with her neighbor, Soviet Russia...

Author: By Malcolm R. Wilkey, | Title: Harvard Undergraduate Describes Signs in Japan that "China Incident" Is Real War | 10/8/1937 | See Source »

...poisonous motor-exhaust of motor minds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Oh, God, Why Live | 8/30/1937 | See Source »

...intend to exhaust all diplomatic possibilities in seeking a solution, but circumstances seem gradually to be pointing toward a grave crisis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN-CHINA: Pointed Circumstances | 8/16/1937 | See Source »

Sample guides for girls: A woman is no less rash than a man if she marries before she has sown her wild oats. Sowing season: ten to 15 years, beginning at the age of 15. Purpose: to exhaust the "polygamous instinct." which is probably stronger in women than men. Harmony in marriage depends on "bodily adaptation," which depends on the sexual tact of the husband, which depends on his premarriage initiation, which is usually bad. To end this vicious circle, let girls of good will turn teachers. "You must finish with love before you become good, unless you want love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Premier Blum's Sex System | 7/12/1937 | See Source »

...second possibility is ignition from motor exhaust or sparks. I would like to very definitely decline this possibility. We have made such exhaustive tests of temperatures and the operation of Diesel engines. ... In our years of experience it has never happened that gas has been ignited by sparks while being valved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Static Spark | 5/31/1937 | See Source »

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