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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...British people these fulminations seemed surprisingly unsubtle. In the House of Commons Sir Neville Chamberlain said he did not "propose to waste time by commenting at length." That the speech was unsubtle at least in its efforts to pry France from England was proved by the Paris reaction-gay ridicule. Italians were a bit hurt by the fact that over the radio they heard no sound when Ribbentrop praised Italy but a huge cheer when Russia was mentioned...
...British ships could catch Deutschland on a short run (31-33 knots against 26 knots) but not in a chase the length of the Atlantic, where the Germans' fuel endurance at economical speeds would be superior and the British would have to stop and tank up. Only two other Allied ships which could take on the German raiders are the French Dunkerque and Strasbourg (30 knots), based at Brest...
Wagner and Wilson came in half a length behind Anderson. Next in order of finishing came Bailey, Lincoln, Hemans, Redmond, and Farley. Bailey's boat, which came in sixth, was the first 150-lb. crew to finish the race...
...fold. First it would establish a balance between graduate students and undergraduates, as far as library facilities were concerned. To get a book in the Center would mean turning around in a chair and picking it off the shelves. And if a student wished to pursue a subject at length, the staff could give him adequate and exact references in Widener...
...desire for good relations with Great Britain was undoubtedly a sincere conviction. He will prove in the future a fascinating study for the historian and the biographer with psychological leanings. Widely different explanations will be propounded, and it would be out of place and time to comment at any length in this dispatch on this aspect of Herr Hitler's mentality and character. But he combined, as I fancy many Germans do, admiration for the British race with envy of their achievements and hatred of their opposition to Germany's excessive aspirations. It is no exaggeration...