Word: fate
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...nations asserted that aggression had been committed in violation of international treaties. . . . "It is my duty here to inform the Governments assembled at Geneva-responsible as they are for the lives of men, women and children-of the deadly peril which threatens them by describing to them the fate which has been suffered by Ethiopia...
...London Times correspondent has said that the Arabians will meet the same fate as the Indians in North America. We feel sorry for the Jews in Europe but we can't see why we should be the victims of their colonial expansion. . . . Italian propaganda in Palestine probably exists to some extent but I see no reason why we should exchange British rule for Italian. On the contrary, the Italian occupation of Ethiopia is a threat against the two independent states on the Arabian peninsula: Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Mussolini has no chance of gaining followers among the Arabians...
...bound to participate in a war entered by the Mother Country; 4) mutual agreement between Mother and Daughter that if, as South Africa anticipates, the Government of Portugal encounters heavy weather and its African colonies "fall upon the market," South Africa will share with Great Britain in determining their fate...
...Senate, Secretary Wallace made a long defense of the shelterbelt program, and the Senate finally put back the $1,000,000 appropriation. Last week the fate of the great 1,200-mile dream belt was settled, as are most legislative matters, in conference. Nurserymen have on hand 60,000,000 seedling trees which the Government has paid them $4 or $5 a thousand to raise. For $2.25 per 1,000, the trees can be raised for another year or two until of suitable age for planting out. For about 50? per 1,000 they can be packed and shipped...
...recent firearms investigation conducted by authorities reminded us of the fate of the gift of the French Government to Harvard made shortly after the Great War. It seems that the Harvard Battery was presented with several French, air-cooled machine guns which, because of the difficulty in obtaining suitable ammunition, were promptly stored in the basement of what is now Kirkland House...