Word: following
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Majesty had given timely warning of his venture into statecraft, had announced in a speech the winter before that he was resolved to "follow a policy exclusively and entirely Belgian" (TIME, Oct. 26). So long as Germany remained helpless and disarmed by the Treaty of Versailles, the best bet for Belgium had been as an ally of France, but now that Germany has burst her bonds such an alliance would only antagonize the Reich. After His Majesty's trip to London it remained to secure for Belgium whatever treaty pledges Germany might be willing to make, but Leopold...
...cello, seven mandolins, eight guitars, one flute, one bass viol. A spat nearly spoiled a rehearsal when Soloist Maximillian Veith, a lithographic demonstrator with a Hitler mustache, became piqued at Dirigent Stiens, commanded the orchestra: "When I am in your city I play as I wish. Now you must follow me. If you do not like it, take your instruments and scram...
...will only need address a request to the central agency. By return mail he will be assigned some number such as 1,572, and this will be recorded thenceforth. As specific properties of this number are developed, they also can be recorded, and finally the chemical formula can follow the number...
...Rutherford did not like these names, especially "deuton," which he declared was likely to be confused by Englishmen with "neutron," particularly if the speaker had a cold. Lord Rutherford was for calling the atom "diplogen" and its nucleus the "diplon," and a number of British scientists seemed willing to follow his lead, despite a polite but barbed letter which Dr. Urey and his associates rushed off to England posthaste (TIME, Feb. 19, 1934). Peace was restored when Lord Rutherford agreed to accept "deuterium" and the "deuton" was renamed "deuteron...
...line to follow President Adams is 55-year-old Philip Adolphus Benson, president of Brooklyn's Dime Savings Bank and therefore on the unit banker side. Elected second vice president last week was Robert March Hanes, president of Wachovia Bank & Trust Co., Winston-Salem, N. C. A 47-year-old graduate of the University of North Carolina, he comes of a socially prominent family, is a Democrat and a Methodist, saw active service in the War. He was chosen for his important heirship-apparent largely because he is a fine example of the important, but independent, banker...