Word: general
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Minister Hachiro Arita insisted in discussions with Sir Robert Craigie, the British Ambassador, that Britain admit she had sinned against Japan and promise in the future to recognize "the necessity" of Japan's operations in China. He threatened to break off negotiations unless Sir Robert first signed a general formula to that effect...
Died. Milton Herman Esberg, 64, tobacco tycoon (General Cigar Co.) and music lover, who boosted the San Francisco Opera Association to success; of heart disease; in San Francisco...
...dead today. A newer generation of motor manufacturers, which never had much time for music, or which was left out of cultural shindigs in the old days, now sits on its hands. The Symphony's current drive for funds brought $150 from Chrysler executives, some $500 from 30 General Motors men, including $250 from President William S. Knudsen. Ford Motors pays $19,500 to the orchestra, which masquerades as the Ford Symphony on the radio...
Clews's Jekyll-&-Hyde sculpture falls into two utterly unrelated groups: 1) Rodinesque portrait busts and vitriolic caricatures (of the human race in general or friends in particular), generally in bronze; 2) grotesques-like Jan, King of the Jins of La Napoule-usually in polished red and green porphyry. Always a competent sculptor, he showed to best advantage when he chiseled the monsters of his own imagination...
...attended by 2,000 delegates from 25 nations. Said he: "We must possess some superior quality, a quality of living that rises above resentment, jealousy, greed and points of view, because all these may keep us from a maximum message. . . . We need the same characteristics that distinguish a great general-the plus of character, the plus that will change the world...