Word: fell
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Poland's Fate rested not so much on the fate of Warsaw-heavy blow to morale though that would be if it fell-as on the whereabouts and condition of Poland's remaining divisions. If they could form their mass of maneuver, as the French did around Paris, and strike at the separated advancing German armies, they might accomplish a master counterblow. If that did not work, there were still the rains to hope for and the Allied pressure at Germany's back...
...Millions of people in north Europe with gas masks at their belts or dangling from their elbows, fingered these grisly disguises, put them on when alarms sounded, but never needed them. War's worst horror did not come; no gas fell anywhere...
...importance of Turkey in the great question mark of Mediterranean strategy (see p. 22) was emphasized in Paris by the welcome given last week to Behic Erkin, new Turkish Ambassador. President Albert Lebrun made more fuss over receiving this dignitary than he did about his own 68th birthday, which fell simultaneously. Encouraged were the French when Ambassador Erkin assured the world that Turkey was 100% with the Allies. Said he: "Human progress is a product of peace. . . . It is this ideal that is at the basis of France's and Turkey's policy. . . ." Giving Mr. Erkin scarcely time...
...spray to keep ripening apples from dropping. They sprayed ten varieties of apple trees just before crop maturity, were signally successful in preventing premature falls. In Science last week they reported that in tests on one troublesome variety ("Williams Early Red") only 2% of the treated apples fell before picking, whereas from unsprayed trees 65% to 90% of the fruit was lost...
...exports for July fell below those for June and the first seven months of 1939 were almost 10% under 1938's not too exciting figures...