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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Mussolini, less than any other major head-of-State in Europe, could not afford big war right now. Italy is poor. Gasoline went to 95? per gallon last week. Coffee above $1 per Ib. - i. e., did not exist. Italy is peace-willing (General Italo Balbo spoke for other Army men when he urged that Il Duce try to carry out President Roosevelt's peace suggestion). And Italy was scared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Poor and Reluctant | 9/4/1939 | See Source »

...friends. Even in the first year of college the intellectual interests of a group of students are most diverse, and our method of education continues to intensify this diversification. The specialization of each individual does not necessarily sabotage the ideal of a liberal arts college. If the proper conditions exist for student life, the interplay of divergent viewpoints makes for the most liberal and stimulating atmosphere possible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conant Praises Freedom and Interchange of Views Made Possible by Atmosphere of Large University | 9/1/1939 | See Source »

...Council has no direct authority over the student body as a whole; self-government of this sort does not exist at Harvard. But it does administer and support financially several functions and activities of classes and organizations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Represents The Student Body | 9/1/1939 | See Source »

...demonstrated how greatly Axis pressure in the Balkans had changed, not only Rumania, but King Carol. Rumania celebrated her Navy Day, dedicated her Tashaul Base. On the destroyer Regina Maria the King warned a select audience of plans for carving rich Rumania: "The determination to defend our frontiers must exist in the soul of every Rumanian. . . . Whatever is Rumanian cannot be given away, whatever is Rumanian will be defended. . . . If anyone loves peace, he must realize that the frontiers as now marked out cannot be changed without the danger of a worldwide disaster. . . . My affection for our navy ... I desire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUMANIA: Whatever is Rumanian | 8/28/1939 | See Source »

...space gap between Earth and Mars dwindles to 36,030,000 miles-the nearest approach in 15 years. Astronomers have been scanning and photographing Mars for weeks, this week will redouble their efforts. But to the old and battered question which still fascinates laymen-does intelligent life on Mars exist-astronomers good-naturedly gave some old answers and a few new ones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Beyond Earth | 7/31/1939 | See Source »

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