Word: obtaine
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Should Japan obtain the whip hand in Canton and South China which she already holds in Peiping and North China, the so-called "National Government of the Republic of China" at Nanking would be squeezed between two red-hot tongs of Japanese Might. Last week's developments reduced to absurdity an edifying statement read to the House of Commons by Britain's polite Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, in which Japan was censured for abetting Japanese smugglers to evade the Chinese customs, at the expense of law-abiding British traders...
Taking this scroll His Majesty cried: "God grant that it may be so! ... I come to England confident that I will obtain justice here. . . . May the British Crown and the British people live forever...
Under existing U. S. immigration laws, an alien artist who claims distinguished merit may obtain a U. S. visa merely by showing a contract for U. S. performances to a U. S. Consul. England is not so liberal toward foreign artists, permits them to enter for professional purposes only when there is proof that the applicant has qualifications which place him beyond competition with native artists. The French ruling is almost as stringent. Germany, Poland, Russia refuse to let alien artists take their earnings from the country. Italy bans all foreign performers save those who establish residences...
...first will be a "Tercentenary Gazette," similar to the University Gazette, but issued fortnightly, "in order that all who wish to do so may keep abreast of the Tercentenary observances in the immediate future and those planned for the Celebration in September." It will be free. Those wishing to obtain copies regularly can get them by leaving a mailing address at the Tercentenary office in Lehman Hall...
...subject to be taught. The minimum requirement of graduate study is one year. Most students will need more than a year to meet the standards in both fields--the subject and Education; but a good student who plans his undergraduate program with these standards in mind can obtain the degree in one academic year or in one year and one or two summers...