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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...keep harping on a treaty which is now practically nonexistent. Given his choice between the territory possessed by Germany in 1914 and the territory possessed by Germany now, Hitler would very probably choose the latter. Napoleon would have been Napoleon regardless of circumstances. The Versailles Treaty did not make Hitler, it merely gave him a pretext...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 25, 1939 | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

Delighted editorialists hailed this wife-witness incident as a nutshell exposition of the President's free & easy economics,* a revealing display of his ego. It also illuminated a Roosevelt quality little known outside his family: with his own money the President tries to make 59? go as far as most people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Miraculous Conviction | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

...suppose the Allies begin to fall back, come what may. Theirs is now a cheerless outlook, unless M. Gamelin is as canny a magician as British propagandists would have us believe. Then Americans wishing to remain neutral must retreat to a second line: they must make a new resolve to stay out of this war at any price--Allies win or lose. They must maintain this resolve above the partners, hatred and sympathy. Successful in this they are successful in their...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL | 9/23/1939 | See Source »

...ninety minutes these human cats scratch and claw each other, and while it is quite amusing throughout, the length of the film and the constant repetition of the one and only idea make the picture a trifle boresome. Go to see it, by all means, though, for if you don't you'll be missing one of the treats of a lifetime...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 9/23/1939 | See Source »

...this number, a standard size for the past ten Freshman classes, approximately 900 will be newcomers, while dropped and provisional Freshmen will make up the rest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Thousand Freshmen Will Sign Names Today in Memorial Hall, Attend Talk By President Conant in Union Tonight | 9/22/1939 | See Source »

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