Word: limiteds
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...wounds still bleeding, thought she had got from Wilson, disappeared in a moment. . . . If we fail [in maintaining the League] it will be the duty of the Government to look after the interests of this country first and quickly. If an agreement is reached we will then . . . have limits up to which we can arm, and it will be our duty to make ourselves as competent as we may up to that limit." To pacifists the only crumb of comfort was thrown by Captain Basil Henry Liddell Hart, Britain's best-known and most articulate military strategist. Capt. Liddell...
Much elated, Prince von Starhemberg strongly hinted that if Dollfuss did not carry out the Heimwehr program to the limit, he might sell out to the Nazis. Crowed he: "The Chancellor's first job is to clear the Socialists out of Vienna's City Hall. If he fails to do it, the Heimwehr will. If the Heimwehr fails, the Nazis will...
...chief feature of the new government was the turning over of vast administrative and legislative powers to the president and an executive committee of five members, four of which are the regular officers of the club. There was a move on the part of some members to limit this power which gives the executive committee almost complete control over the policies of the club. The move failed, although a general understanding was reached whereby the members were assured of an active voice in the club's activities...
...ship $5,750,000, National City Bank booked $3,500,000 on the Berengaria, Bank of the Manhattan Co., $8,400,000 on the Bremen and the Manhattan, etc. etc. Every fast ship sailing from northern Europe in the next two weeks was reported booked up full. The limit on the amount of gold a ship carries is determined by the insurance companies which restrict the amount they will insure on any one vessel. Last week they were demanding five times the usual rate for gold insurance...
...Building Pool. In Eugene Jennings, the visitors bring with them one of the fastest men in the East in the two sprint events, while Captain Thomas Wright has turned in remarkable times for the two distance swims. With this competition the Harvard team will undoubtedly be pushed to the limit to keep its record of victories intact...