Word: obeys
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...smaller than Bulgaria or Kentucky?are two sturdy planes of the German Lufthansa. Two summers ago a German tourist brought several bags of vegetable seed, with the result that many nourishing plants, hitherto unknown in Iceland, sprouted and flourished last summer. But the Icelanders were not particularly pleased. They obey by instinct Explorer Stefansson's rule: A people react with pleasure to a new food in proportion as they have been accustomed to a varied diet. Accustomed to an unvarying fish, smoked mutton, cheese and potato diet the Icelanders view green vegetables with alarm. They delight, however, in repeating that...
...order to facilitate the circulation of forged money abroad, the Soviet's financial representative in London, Belgard, was called to Moscow and received an order to organize the circulation of forged pound notes in London. When Belgard refused to obey this order, he was killed. The letter which Belgard addressed to his wife, warning her not to come to Moscow and relating the demands the Soviet Government had put on him, was seized by the Soviet secret police. Shortly after, Mme. Belgard died from poisoning under mysterious circumstances...
...Obey or Emigrate!" Calling in correspondents, Dr. Schacht thundered: "The Reichsbank is concerned primarily with whether the Young Plan rests on a moral basis. It does not! The only way to make the world respect the integrity of the Reichsbank is for the Reichsbank to refuse to enter into this immoral agreement. But it is now a question of law! I must obey German law or emigrate. It is suggested that I ought to resign. I will not resign to please anybody. I will resign only if I am wrong. I will continue to obey German...
...corner. But Old Guardsmen, alarmed, commenced beckoning the loose-jowled, slow-stepping Goff, Republican regular. They wanted him to run for the Finance Committee corner to head off bold Puss La Follette, over whom he has a technical advantage of seven months seniority. But Puss Goff was reluctant to obey the party summons because to do so would leave his cozy corner on the Interstate Commerce Committee open to capture by Puss La Follette. It is from his Interstate Commerce Committee corner that Puss Goff watches over legislation important to West Virginia's coal trade...
...love, serve, obey, and exalt the United States of America. . . . To keep alive the cult with Italy as the Fatherland and the eternal light of civilization and greatness. . . . To submit to the discipline of the hierarchy of the Fascist League of North America...