Word: make
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...blows to the British merchant marine on the seas and in ports, simultaneously with repeated air attacks on [British and French] industrial centres can lead to rapid, decisive results. . . . The treaty of friendship and development of economic relations with the Soviet Union and the security of Baltic trade routes make Germany independent of sea transport passing through the North...
...great that efficiency was Adolf Hitler last week revealed in his speech to the members of the Reichstag. "As I am now about to make known to you the number of our dead and wounded," he said, "I request that you rise from your seats. . . . According to the casualty list of up to the soth of September 1939, which will not change materially, the total losses for the Army, Navy and Air Force, including officers, are as follows: 10,572 killed; 30,322 wounded; 3,404 missing. Unfortunately, of those missing a certain number who fell into Polish hands will...
...Auntie, who, Joy neglected to say, lost her 13-year-old daughter in the sinking, but it was not all for many a skipper who must continue to dodge mines, many an unsung hero who must sow them, many an even braver man who must sweep them to make way for men o' war, transports, supply ships. Technique learned in the bitter school of 1914-18 is now in full play on both sides of World...
When the Cabinet assembled next afternoon, the President, who likes nothing better than to pop a dramatic surprise, was grave. He wanted their opinions, he said, as to whether he should make public the message he had received. He told them what it was. The Secretaries were variously shocked, disgusted, amused. They split, 5-to-5, on whether to make the information public. The President thereupon cast his own deciding vote, told them he had made up his mind: he would tell the people. Later in the day newspapermen were called in and given a bulletin...
...some 500 U. S. & Canadian cowboys have chosen rodeoing as a career-well aware that in an arena they may make more money in 60 seconds than they can make in a year on the range. Besides, they can buy fancy shirts and see the world. Last week, after nine months of jogging around-to Salinas, Pendleton, Cheyenne, Calgary and scores of lesser roundups-the cream of the professional cowpunchers gathered in the midst of Manhattan's skyscrapers for the climax of the season: the 14th annual World Series Rodeo in Madison Square Garden-26 days...