Word: limited
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...with Italy!" cried the moderate Paris newsorgan L'Intransigeant. "It would be a strange thing if Britain, which concludes special agreements without asking anyone's advice, should wish to limit freedom of action by others in the name of agreements of which she herself takes no account. ... A country where slavery still exists [Abyssinia] has every interest in being civilized by a great Latin nation...
When a Japanese artist bedded with a humble parlormaid in the early part of Queen Victoria's reign, the auspicious result was Japan's greatest politico-financier, His Excellency Korekiyo Takahashi. Last week Finance Minister Takahashi explained that 10,000,000,000 yen is about the limit of internal Government bond issues which Japan can conceivably absorb, and she has now absorbed 8,650,000,000. Mr. Takahashi based his calculations on the fact that Japan's national wealth is about 110,000,000,000 yen and her national income about...
...objected that a German navy 35% as strong as Britain's in total tonnage might be built with a disproportionate allotment of German tonnage to submarines or some other special craft, thus enabling Germany to equal or exceed Britain in that special arm, while keeping within the general limit of 35%. The British seemed willing, Ambassador von Ribbentrop told Realmleader Hitler last week, to capitulate on the basis that Germany should have a navy 35% as strong as Britain's in each and every category of ships-battleships, cruisers, destroyers, submarines, etc. This would...
With the deft technique of an old Roman hand, Correspondent Cortesi virtually called the Dictator's press staff liars but so suavely as not to excite their wrath. "According to the official story," he cabled, "no definite time limit was fixed for [Darrah's] leaving the country. . . . Against this last statement stands the fact that all Mr. Darrah's movements after the expulsion order had been shown him evidence the greatest haste...
...When brought into the limelight unavoidably, this little patient, with unusual personal charm, captivated the public with a sympathy and solicitude that gave the publicity a momentum which has not found its limit. . . . The press correspondents were numerous, ardent and eager. They manifested some evidence of becoming rapacious. They claimed title to news and would not be unslaked...