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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that inevitably killed the things he loved to touch; and George, a wiry, roadwise nomad whose chief job in life was looking after Lennie. The hopeless fairy tale that George (Wallace Ford) tells Lennie (Broderick Crawford) over and over about the little house on the little piece o' land, with an alfalfa patch and rabbits for Lennie to pet, where one day they will live "off the fatta the land" was more than a bedtime story. It was George's dream, and the dream of every wandering ranch hand who reaps the planting of others, collects his fifty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Dec. 6, 1937 | 12/6/1937 | See Source »

Specifically, he advocated the use of the neutrality act in the Sino-Japanese war. "It makes no difference whether the law is good, bad, or indifferent, it is the law of the land and should be carried...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEUTRALITY ONLY SURE WAY TO PEACE ASSERTS REP. FISH | 12/4/1937 | See Source »

...usual symptoms are sudden in onset, with abdominal cramps, vomiting, diarrhea and prostration. The illness usually lasts two or three days. This type of outbreak occurs in every university, college and preparatory school in the land...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Decomposition of Protein Chief Cause Of Gastro-Intestinal Disturbances | 12/3/1937 | See Source »

...attractiveness of this line of solution to the crisis caused by German expansion hides the great difficulties of the scheme. The first obstacle to the plan is the natural unwillingness of the Colonial Powers in individuo to give up land to Germany. Japan, Australia, Belgium, and the British Admiralty have already expressed sharp opinions on this point. A more fundamental obstacle is the doubt whether Germany's ambitions, which are predominantly for Teutonic unity and supremacy in Eastern Europe, can be permanently satisfied by stretches of jungle. In Mein Kampf Hitler puts his colonial aims as a poor second...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BLUE DANUBE WALTZ | 12/3/1937 | See Source »

...Parkways and Land Values" by Henry Vincent Hubbard '97, Charles Dyer Norton professor of Regional Planning and John Nolen, late lecturer in City Planning, 135 pages, 30 illustrations, $1.50. Examining both the nature of a parkway and their values, this volume presents a mass of expert information that may be used for valid judgment in particular cases of proposed parkways...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Presses Stop Till Next Year; Pottinger Names Outstanding Autumn Books | 12/2/1937 | See Source »

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