Word: musts
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Crossroads of Empire. All shipping from the Mediterranean and India to the Far East, all shipping from Britain to Australia must pass through the narrow Strait of Malacca, which was controlled by the Portuguese, the Dutch, and finally by the British after 1824. But the island of Singapore (in Malayan "Lion City''), a feverish mush of mangrove roots and black mud 27 miles long by 14 broad, was practically uninhabited until far-sighted Sir Stamford Raffles set up a trading settlement on the island in 1819. had the whole island ceded to the East India Co. five years...
...week when Orator Eden brought 2,500 young Conservatives cheering to their feet with his words: "It is not by seeking to buy temporary good will that Peace is made. ... If we are to have Peace in your time, it means that in any agreements we make today there must be no sacrifice of principles and no shirking of responsibilities, merely to obtain quick results that may not be permanent...
...Balkans a monarch must often act with vigor if he expects to stay King, and at Bucharest last week Carol von Hohenzollern suddenly made himself as much a Dictator as was his brother-in-law, the late King Alexander of Yugoslavia, assassinated at Marseille (TIME. Oct. 15, 1934, et seq.). Carol II has long hankered after the absolutism of his Hohenzollern kinsman Wilhelm II. Last week's crisis broke after Premier Octavian Goga received two heavy blows: 1) his entire slate of anti-Semitic decrees was declared unconstitutional; and 2) a brawl in which Goga's own political...
...Peasant Party of famed Dr. Julius Maniu, was not represented. In the windy way of dictators, Carol II proclaimed: "In these stern times only heroic measures can save Rumania. ... I am determined to save it by the single thought of the Fatherland's needs! . . . Along this path we must advance. God help us! Long live Rumania!" The Peasant Party's Dr. Maniu, even though no Rumanian paper could print his words, denounced King Carol for having "assembled a conglomeration of persons . . . which will cover the real executives of the King's will. ... It is a Dictatorship which...
...coaching in 1929 to devote all his time to the administrative post of director of athletics, amazing young Harry Kipke took his place. In four years (1930-33) his teams lost only one game. But in addition to being a good strategist, teacher and psychologist, a modern coach must have a capable staff of scouts. He must develop sensational stars, draw crowds that can retire the bonds on an expensive stadium. In the past four years Coach Kipke has had no Willie Hestons, no Benny Friedmans; his teams lost 22. out of 32 games. Alumni were embarrassed. Last December they...