Word: failings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Because Germans knew that No. 2 Nazi Göring meant what he said when he threatened to cut off the heads of Germans who fail to bring back into Germany cash or securities they hold abroad (TIME, Dec. 14), the Government was able to announce last week that over $100,000,000 has been restored to the Reich. One smart German not long ago had a set of automobile tools made of platinum, soiled these with grease and dirt, went motoring to Switzerland, locked the tools in a safe deposit vault. Up to last week...
...this work was going at rush pace and in the House of Commons loud protests were made by Laborite M. P.'s because British workmen were not in on it. Over from Germany, the Baron had brought some 145 bronzed and healthy Nazi workmen. Not only did they fail to correspond to anti-Nazi descriptions of how in Nazi-land most people are painfully tightening their belts, but in London most comfortable Bloomsbury board with all expenses paid was provided for these Nazis by their Embassy and each man additionally received as "pocket money" about as much...
...number is rapidly diminishing, creating the fear that the animal may become extinct. I know nothing at all of the habits and characteristics of the animal but anyone observing the intelligence, grace and friendly charm of the otter as demonstrated in the "short" cannot fail to be impressed with its possibilities and desirability as a pet. May I therefore suggest that anyone interested in the preservation of wild animal life seriously consider the merits of the otter...
...setting the date for these tests in April, the committee has done a good turn to all concerned. For the College can select its candidates, at least tentatively, in June, thereby adding tot he lustre of the already bright national awards. And those who fail will not have to sit around until August building castles in the air. Thus the new tests can be taken as another step forward in the educational march, and one which reflects particular credit on Harvard...
...tight case. He does not need a General Motors corporation lawyer to prove that, even to the most enthusiastic sympathizer with labor. The workers have no lawful right to "sit down" in his factories without his permission. Mr. Sloan's trouble is that he and his business associates fail to realize that strict legal tenets no longer have the hold on public opinion that they had years ago. Industrialists can no longer be as reposeful and uncompromising as they were in the "golden age". Their motto: "My property is my property," is as dead as Mark Hanna. Or Justice Sutherland...