Word: mussolini
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...President he takes it out of his mouth when he talks; 3) he likes to sleep until 11 a. m., then brunches, sees visitors, plays squash or tennis; 4) he then works until 1 or 2 a. m., after that he sees movies; 5) he likes newsreels of Mussolini, of which he once saw seven in one night; 7) he says that sometimes he likes what Mussolini does, sometimes he doesn...
...question is no longer a menace to the peace of Europe. In international affairs one thing continually leads to another, and if any justification is required for the policy of the British Government in closing our differences with Italy it surely can be found in the action of Signor Mussolini when, at my request, he used his influence with Herr Hitler in order to give time for the discussion which led up to the Munich agreement. By that action the peace of Europe was saved...
...then Germany. Neither Portugal nor Belgium nor the Netherlands, for that matter, is much better able than was Czechoslovakia to disregard any "advice" which the Great Powers may give about parceling out colonial territory-if the Big Four themselves can agree. But Chamberlain, Hitler, Daladier and Mussolini risk becoming deadlocked in disagreements. This has been the fate of almost every Peace, Disarmament or Economic Conference of the past 15 years, and in desperation Europe is now trying "shirtsleeve diplomacy...
Last week Italy boasted that it had beaten everybody. Premier Benito Mussolini put into operation the new Imperial Short Wave Radio Centre at Prato Smeraldo, on the outskirts of Rome. There the Italians have upped the power of two old 25 kw. transmitters to 50 kw. each, matched Moscow's RV96 with not one but two 100 kw. transmitters...
...advice not to become panicky about the way the contemporary world is going. Spinoza, he points out, went on grinding lenses for a living while war and revolution raged around him in Holland, and Santayana, Edman's Master, meditates serenely on Essences under the very shadow of Mussolini's jaw. Readers will envy Philosopher Edman his ability to enjoy himself. They will not be able to figure out, from this book, quite how to imitate him and may wonder if his poise, his easy blend of academic and worldly man, does not derive as much from his temperament...