Word: maine
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Ethiopian forces opposing Italy's southern armies, had been bombed to ruins. In the north, after the great battle of Enderta and its smashing sequel at Amba Alaji (TIME, Feb. 24 et seq.), all Italy expected to see the Fascist troops sweep bravely on down the main caravan trail to Dessye and Addis Ababa. They did not realize that there were some 280 back-breaking miles between Italy's advance posts and Addis Ababa, that innumerable hordes of undefeated tribesmen still infested the route...
...course of feeding doughnuts to cab horses and leading a "back to nature" movement along the main stem, he falls in love with a female reporter (Jean Arthur) who stars him in her gossip column for the local yellow press. Disillusioned at discovering this, he takes a gallant fling at the modern social structure by giving his money to the deserving poor. At this point relatives step in with a motion to ship him off to an insane asylum. In the uproarious sanity trial which follows he is accused of everything from abnormal mental depression to "pixylation" (state of being...
Choosing the general subject of world peace and national security as the main topic of the evening, the well known opponent of private arms manufacture will join with America's leading Socialist in an informal discussion of contemporary problems in the national and international spheres...
...paying public who wanted to air their views before the Ways & Means Committee. Growled Republican Committeeman Allen Treadway of Massachusetts: "Any attempt to prevent the general public being heard to the fullest extent is certain to meet with severe condemnation." But the hearings went ahead with one main objective: to report a tax bill to the House by April...
...bottom for three truck lanes and two train tracks to be used by Southern Pacific interurban trains and Key Route tramways. That does not mean that Pullman passengers from New York will now be able to ride through to San Francisco. Only lightweight suburban railway cars, no regular main-line trains, will be allowed to cross Bay Bridge. There are no pedestrian walks...