Word: expression
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Somewhat irresolutely Japanese North China Chief-of-Staff Colonel Takashi Sakai said that Japan had given the Chinese Government until June 20 to carry out the demands, but might extend this period of grace. "We intend to say nothing more," Col. Sakai suavely concluded, "other than to express our hope for the happiness of Eastern Asia. We believe the Chinese appreciate this expression of sincerity. If they do not appreciate it we must regard the Chinese as racial traitors...
...jury awarded Alice Queenie Puddifoot damages against every defendant: Evening Standard ?300, News of the World ?300, Star ?200, Daily Mail ?200, Daily Herald ?200, Daily Express ?150, News Chronicle...
...timeworn. Technicalities of the fire laws, obsolete statutes from the old 'blue laws' period, red tape in connection with licenses -all of these are used to bar the play from theatres or to stop performances. But the real issue of freedom of opinion and the right to express it is clearly the crux of the matter. Not only those who are concerned with the theatre but everyone who wants to preserve the American heritage of civil liberties will bitterly resent this arbitrary suppression of a play which has been widely acclaimed...
Domestic problems are all that fill our minds. We have just shipped our Editorial Chairman off to Europe, watched our Business Manager take initial prenuptial steps, and returned our Managing Editor to his family for the summer. The rest of us are waiting for the American Express Company to send us home C.O.D. As we wait in the sun, we are trying the new experiment of nailing the windows of the building so that it will be completely inaccessible this summer...
...half a minute the earth seemed to go mad," said a British survivor. "Boughs of trees, normally many feet from the ground, swept the earth. Birds fell from their nests. The moon danced crazily in the sky. The roar I can liken only to the sound of 20 express trains...