Word: objections
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have been having quite a discussion in our office as to the nature of the object held in the hands of Mr. Cecil B. DeMille, which is the cover of your Aug. 27 issue of TIME...
...object is an oyster shell containing an imperfect pearl built around the remains of an eel. If the pearl substance had been fashioned into a perfect sphere, says Mr. DeMille, the result would have been the largest, most valuable pearl in history...
...trigger for safety, too cozy with idealistic leadership. The antics of the present Administration are the craziest I've ever seen. As a man who has had to run a business, I'll admit that you have to experiment a little, take a little risk; but I do object to a lot of new thought politicians up in Washington taking wild, unnecessary risks in my name, sending me the bill, and demanding that I be 'idealistic' and constructive about it. The way they're wasting our money up there is the greatest crime in the history of this nation...
...games Il Duce threw two armies, totaling 100,000 men, into the barren rocky country between Bologna and Florence. There the Red army of attack began to hammer a Blue defending force. The object of Italy's General Staff was to test in the nearest approach to battle conditions that they could create all the elaborate mechanical devices with which munitions makers have been whiling away the quiet years. Troops will advance this week under shell barrages. There will be clouds of real tear gas to penalize those slow with their masks. Benito Mussolini is particularly anxious to find...
...Duce has another object in this year's maneuvers. He wants to see how his Cabinet will behave in wartime. Every Cabinet Minister with the exception of Minister of Justice Pietro de Francisci was mobilized this week to serve with the troops. Minister of Communications Umberto Puppini will command infantry divisions. Minister of Colonies General Emilio de Bono will serve as a field judge. Minister of Education Francesco Ercole will head field telegraph and radio. Minister of Finance Guido Jung has a regiment of artillery. Hardest job goes to Under Secretary of Corporations Alberto Asquini who will be responsible...