Word: modernly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...after Chancellor Hitler denounced the 1935 Anglo-German Naval Agreement by shouting to the Reichstag, "The basis for the naval treaty with England has been removed!" It came after long discussions in British newsorgans about the strength of the new ships compared with the Nelson and the Rodney, most modern British battleships. The Prince of Wales and King George V are of an improved Nelson class, carry ten 14-inch and 16 5¼-inch guns, with a 14-inch armor belt and a 6¾-inch deck for protection against bombs and plunging fire. The Nelson and Rodney carry...
...program of events scheduled in the Yard for tomorrow afternoon are both a lecture on modern economic trends in labor and a poetry reading...
Stressing the complexity of modern government administration, Governor Saltonstall said of the School, "Through its courses, through the circle of its teachers and advisers, and through the research it encourages, it will contribute immeasurably toward a more expert and business-like management of the nation's affairs...
Submarine Canyons. Modern methods of exploring the ocean bottom by echo-sounding have disclosed several huge undersea canyons. One of these submerged gorges, lying off the Hudson River's mouth, is 130 miles long and its lower end lies under 7,500 ft. of Atlantic Ocean. One theory has it that submarine canyons were cut during the Glacial Age by surface rivers. This could have occurred only if the sea level was then nearly two miles lower than it is now - a presumption difficult to account for, even allowing for water drawn into the great Glacial Age ice sheets...
...have influenced the work of his contemporaries more than any others of his time: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the best of innumerable novels picturing an artist's struggle with his environment; Ulysses, considered baffling and obscure 15 years ago, now accepted as a modern masterpiece...