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...scarcely any tanks; Japanese artillery is superior, although in this respect China comes nearer the mark. Nearly 7,000,000 civilian Japanese have received compulsory military training under Army instructors. China has no reserve of trained civilians. Her so-called "2,000,000 soldiers" are more than half nondescript rabble, miserably armed. Japan has 280,000 fully equipped, smartly trained soldiers. But China's ultimate resources in manpower and natural wealth are almost infinite, Japan's decidedly finite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN-CHINA: Another Kuo? | 7/26/1937 | See Source »

When the Supreme Court is inconsiderate enough to hand down some pretty important decisions on the same day as an unusually "sex-mad" crime occurs, the first page is somewhat crowded. Page three does pretty well, though, aside from one extremely small, nondescript single column cut labelled "Model in Street Clothes...

Author: By Arabi Pasha, | Title: Off Key | 3/31/1937 | See Source »

...jewels and white, black & nondescript ties, more than 2,000 members and guests of Manhattan's year-old Opera Guild swept last week into the old Metropolitan Opera House for the second "at home" in its history. Edward Johnson, the "Met's" affable general manager, welcomed them, introduced the company's new artists. Mrs. August Belmont, chairman of the Guild, disclosed that it had gained 500 new members since this time last year, pledged the Opera 25% more support. Rose Bampton sang two Strauss lieder. Radio Announcer Graham McNamee made arch announcements for a burlesque of opera...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Met's Metamorphosis | 12/21/1936 | See Source »

...swing into action on the side of the King. He exculpates the King from charges of deception in his having delayed his avowal until after his father's death. It is furthermore clear that the romance and the luster of the kingship would be sadly served by that insiped nondescript, the present Duke of York...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VENUS VERSUS MARS | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

...Rachel, and to the brilliant states rights squabblers, Danial Webster and John Randolph of Virginia; her brief marriage to an excessively gay sailor; her having to spurn the adored John Randolph because he subscribes to the wrong view, her serving Andrew Jackson as the wife of his nondescript Secretary of War, and her implication in scandal as the result of her midnight dash to the deathbed of the aforesaid Mr. Randolph...

Author: By E. C. B., | Title: The Moviegoer | 11/13/1936 | See Source »

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