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...Their geographical situation is unfortunate, for Germany will attack from three sides, while the Poles and Hungarians gallop in. Germany might let Hungary take Slovakia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Langer Believes Hitler Is Planning to Follow Czech Anschluss With Conquest of Balkans | 5/23/1938 | See Source »

...front steps. For anyone of nearly normal stature, it is impossible to go straight up or down these steps with-all using a restrained gait that can be described only as "mincing." And if two steps are included in one stride, the general effect is that of a gallop, certainly unbecoming to the Widener at-phosphere...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Traffic Circle" Compels Bellboys to Hike 13 Extra Miles in Three Years | 11/19/1937 | See Source »

Artillery. Novelty of the show was an exhibition drill by six six-horse units of the Black Horse Battery from Fort Myer, Va. For seven minutes each night they cut intricate didoes, ended by tearing around the arena at a dead gallop in two sets of three. As they swerved sharply at the last possible moment, the heavy guns skidded into the end boards, and, to the delight of the gallery, sprayed the ermine wraps and starched shirts of the socialite boxholders with great gobs of dirt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Horsefolk | 11/15/1937 | See Source »

...gentleman rides gallop-a-trot, gallop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Textbooks | 11/1/1937 | See Source »

...chances materially improved by the winner's position at the pole, Shirley Hanover stepped out smartly in the second heat. In the backstretch her driver, Henry Thomas, seemed to ease, and for a moment lost the lead. But as Schnapps and Farr both broke into a gallop and were pulled to the outside, Shirley Hanover once more shot ahead in the homestretch. Time for the second and winning heat was an equally remarkable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Hanover Hambletonian | 8/23/1937 | See Source »

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