Word: modernly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...only believes that the U. S. can and should be economically and commercially self-contained, but that by applying modern technology most other countries on earth can and should be also. An adequate navy, a standing army of 220,000 and two big oceans are Mr. Chase's final recommendations for peace for the U. S. through Super-Isolationism...
...still excluded on pain of death. Last week bazaars buzzed and beards wagged at the announcement that Kings Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia and Farouk of Egypt had agreed to install infidel gadgets, running water and electric light, in the ancient cities of Mecca and Medina, and to build modern highways along the pilgrim routes which now connect them with the outside world. The innovations should stimulate the pilgrim trade on which both cities depend, which will redound to the greater glory of Ibn Saud, Farouk and Allah...
...ardent winter sports fan, Princess Fawziya reportedly fell in love with the Crown Prince during a holiday trip to Switzerland two years ago. Like modern-minded young Queen Farida she wears the veil, in deference to Moslem custom, but lets it hang loosely about her neck...
Included on the program are Haydn's Clock Symphony, Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, and other classical works. As a modern selection an orchestrated medley of tunes from Jerome Kern's "Show Boat" will be presented by the combined orchestras. The baton will be shared by Miss Francis Leech of the Colby Orchestra and Malcolm Holmes...
...invention of machinery, which it may have eased the strain on the body, has placed much more on the mind of modern man who has to struggle to keep up with his radio, his newspaper, and his airplane...