Word: occidentales
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Softly Mr. Pei next breathed a threat that if Occidental countries do not cooperate with China in rehabilitating silver she may retaliate by an embargo against all silver imports. Today China buys more silver than any other country, and the Occident is anxious to sell. But Threatener Pei hastily added...
Potent U. S. silvermen warmly seconded last week Canada's motion fortnight ago that a huge Occidental loan be made to hungry China, thus enabling her to buy and eat the Occident's surplus wheat (TIME, Jan. 12).
Carefully Briton Brailsford described the system of parallel government in Bombay, whereby members of the Indian National Congress themselves marshal and police their demonstrations. He reported that the Gandhiwomen who picket shops selling British goods, and who fling themselves down to be trodden on by any Indian determined to enter...
¶ A newspaper straw vote among the occidental community in Bombay brought 1,000 ballots, 830 of them for granting India "dominion status."
Mightier than the Soviet Supreme Court is the ZIK. The Presidium (standing committee) of ZIK met in Moscow last week to temper Red justice with Red mercy. During the previous night, at 11:27 p. m., the Supreme Court justices (including two workmen) had brought in their verdict upon the...