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Dates: during 1930-1939
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"Madrid will fall in from three to five days," predicted its besieger, Generalissimo Franco of Spain's White Army fortnight ago. Last week, still outwardly confident and smiling, the Generalissimo in effect admitted that the Red militia of Madrid had fought his Whites to a bloody standstill when he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Red Stand | 11/23/1936 | See Source »

More than a snook was cocked at the British Navy last week when the German Navy officially admitted for the first time that it is secretly building a warship of the largest size, the Ersatz Hannover of 35,000 tons. This will be the Fatherland's first fullsize capital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Snooks Cocked | 11/23/1936 | See Source »

To sprinkle the ideal with a little coarse sand of realism seems, in a very real sense, unforgivable, but past experience, confirmed in some measure by recent appointments, proves that it is possible to get this happy combination of proficiencies only in the isolated instance. Experience has shown that if...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A CRY FROM BELOW | 11/23/1936 | See Source »

The undergraduate side of the picture, however, shows no predominance of rosy tints. Although the lecturing in the three elementary courses, for example, is regarded with considerable favor, students believe that section men, in many cases, are unequal to their assignments. As a further indication of the lack of fundamental...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A CRY FROM BELOW | 11/23/1936 | See Source »

Further, there seems to be a real stratification within the Department. It is possible to receive adequate instruction from the professors, who are relatively secure in their position and enjoy qualified independence. But the instructors and tutors, concentrators believe, are, by and large, unable or unwilling to fulfill that function...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A CRY FROM BELOW | 11/23/1936 | See Source »

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