Word: mi
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...could recite from the Chinese classics interminably and with feeling. His own poetry shows a gift for direct metaphor unusual in an Oriental. He had, moreover, a competent grasp of military strategy; he was incorruptible, brave and patriotic; his followers were proud to be called Wu mi ("infatuated with Wu"). He liked strong wine, singing and gold plate. His serious faults were his confidence that he was a greater general than Napoleon and his poor judgment of men. Wu at one time had all North China in his pocket. His ally, the "Christian General" Feng Yu-hsiang, betrayed and ruined...
...part in last week's shooting remained uncertain. Some dispatches had him on his way to the scene of the fighting "by caravan" from Tibet. But certain it was that on the scene was an old and faithful Wu mi, Wu's infatuated right-hand man, Mr. Pai Chien-wu, himself a descendant of an 8th Century poet. What happened...
...Cummins put a Diesel engine into a racing car, saw it finish the 500-mi. Indianapolis Sweepstakes nonstop. Still slow, still heavy, still economical, Cummins Diesels were ideal for hauling heavy commercial loads, were soon powering some 1,200 U. S. trucks...
Last week, on the first leg of a transcontinental "economy tour" Mr. Cummins drove from Manhattan to White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. to attend the annual meeting of the Society of Automotive Engineers. Distance: 496 mi. Fuel cost: 74?, plus 38? tax. Mileage: 40.2 mi...
...Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt's racehorse Discovery, which last year finished behind Cavalcade in four races: the Brooklyn Handicap, in world-record time for the distance (1 ⅛ mi.) of 1,148.2, with King Saxon second and Omaha third; at Aqueduct Racetrack, Long Island...