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Word: marchings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Russia, whose modern industrial towns are still only islands in a green sea of wheat and rye, Uzbegs, Georgians, Crimeans, Ukrainians and Russians prepared to march upon the 40,000,000 acres of grain. Despite insufficient snowfalls, which hurt winter wheat, wheat and rye crops though poor in quality were about average in yield. This year for the first time half of Russia's grain was to be harvested by combine, but as by June 11 Pravda and Izvestia reported, only 46% of the combines had received needed repairs. Spare parts were missing, experienced mechanics and drivers lacking, while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Europe's Harvest | 7/3/1939 | See Source »

...Verdi's Otello and Halevy's La Juive, critics found him first-rate. Although a little worn at the edges, Martinelli's voice is still serviceable. To his sunny, bouncing personality, his fellow artists paid tribute at the completion of his 25th season last year (TIME, March 28, 1938). Last week, as Martinelli vacationed in Italy, the Metropolitan announced that it had signed him on for the 2jth year-a record for a big-league tenor. Chief Martinelli project for next season: his first Wagnerian role, Tristan, with the Chicago City Opera Company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Record | 7/3/1939 | See Source »

...greater. Young (36) Publisher Backer's first acts were to pay back, with interest, the 10% of their salaries the Post's staff members had been contributing to the paper since last September and to hire Cartoonist Rollin Kirby, who was dropped by the World-Telegram in March after he had shown himself too pronounced a liberal for the Scrippsless Scripps-Howard newspaper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: 1,848,320 of Them | 7/3/1939 | See Source »

First indication of the change came soon after the Wall Street Crash, when Pub lisher Patterson walked into the city room and announced: "We're off on the wrong foot. The people's major interest is in how they're going to eat." On March 6, 1933 the News announced: "This newspaper now pledges itself to support the policies of President Franklin D. Roosevelt for a period of at least one year." Not only did the News support the New Deal, but it devoted itself wholeheartedly to selling it to the people. Joe Patterson became...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: 1,848,320 of Them | 7/3/1939 | See Source »

...Britain knew of Germany's Czech plans two weeks before the March invasion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Current Affairs Test, Jun. 26, 1939 | 6/26/1939 | See Source »

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