Word: occur
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...situation is really very serious and if incidents continue to occur the relations between Russia and Manchukuo will be crucially damaged...
...reason that many people went to the Salzburg Music Festival in Austria this year was to watch the excitement that would occur if the Festival had to be called off. Adolf Hitler, whose Bayreuth Festival was no great shakes, did everything he could to spoil Austria's show. He refused to let Richard Strauss, one of the Salzburg Festival founders, conduct a cycle of his operas, grudgingly allowed him to sit in the audience when Clemens Krauss led Elektra. He nearly ruined a performance of Tristan by yanking German Tenor Hans Grahl out of the cast at the last...
...responsible official in Washington last week doubted that serious repercussions would follow scarcity. A national complaint against the High Cost of Living would be a serious political threat to the existence of AAA. If the complaint should occur before the November elections the threat would be more serious still. Last week New Dealers were congratulating themselves on the fact that the most serious price rises?in meat?are not likely to occur before spring...
...which seemed to sweep away security for the U. S. control of U. S. investments in Cuba, but they congratulated ex-Manager Hart on a fat document he had obtained before resigning. In this the Cuban Government assumes liability for damages to the equipment of Cuban Telephone which may occur under its management. Telephone officials said that Interventor Montoulieu will soon find out that Cuban Telephone is not taking in enough money to meet its payroll. They added smugly that the operating deficit has thus far been met by funds which I. T. & T. has paid periodically from Manhattan, will...
...phenomenal appearance of the Dionne quintuplets in Canada last May sharpened the ears of world Press for news of multiple births.* Last month Rumania came forward with a report of sextuplets (TIME, July 23). That was an event which, according to the "Rule of 87," could occur only once in 5,000 million births. Subsequent investigations proved the Rumanian "sextuplets" to be only twins...