Word: fifthly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...third largest producer of zinc. She had rebuilt her steel industry to eighth largest in Europe, had laid 823 miles of railroads, built 6,750 hydroelectric plants. And although her impoverished peasantry constituted a problem that no intelligent Pole denied, farm wealth had steadily increased: Poland ranked fifth among the world's powers in horses, eighth in cattle, fifth in pigs...
...Fifth Hitler interview (August 29) : "The interview this evening was of a stormy character and Hitler was far less reasonable than yesterday. A press announcement this evening that five more Germans had been killed in Poland and news of the Polish mobilization had obviously excited...
...anyone who has seen the uproarious "Bachelor Mother," Ginger Rogers' performance in "Fifth Avenue Girl" must seem somewhat of a disappointment. The fault, however, lies not with Miss Rogers, but with the producers, who have furnished her with a hackneyed story of family misfortune and bickering among New York's upper crust. Although devoid of the sparkling dialogue and unusual situations of the earlier film, "Fifth Avenue Girl" does have numerous entertaining moments, particularly the scenes of nocturnal love in Central Park. Excellent acting by the leading players also contributes towards making up at least in part for the weak...
...National League it was still a race, with Cincinnati at week's end grimly defending a 3 1/2-game lead over St. Louis. But in the American League only a baseball blackout could have stopped the New York Yankees short of their fourth straight pennant, their fifth under Joe McCarthy, their eleventh in all. On Saturday afternoon they made it mathematically certain, beating Detroit while second-place Boston, 17 hopeless games behind, lost to Cleveland. To make it a bigger Yankee year than ever, six of the 13 Yankee farm teams also won pennants in their minor leagues, four...
This week, as his school began its fifth year and study of the Ten Commandments (approached through study of U. S. laws), Dr. Johnson had some 150 pupils and was busy answering questions from interested Catholic educators. Hoping that his school would be a model for U. S. Catholic schools. Dr. Johnson reminded them that St. Paul had exhorted the Ephesians to learn "by doing." that Pope Pius XI had urged the Catholic priesthood to be "healthily modern...