Word: occurring
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...myself could scarcely believe that such things could occur in a twentieth century civilization." He then explained that he had ordered Ambassador Hugh Wilson home from Berlin not by way of formal recall, but to gain "a first-hand picture."* His statement of U. S. abhorrence of Hitler's pogroms was one of the strongest ever directed by a U. S. President at a "friendly" power. Later, White House Secretary Steve Early explained that it was intended to apply to outrages upon Catholics as well as Jews...
...this delay is not as formidable in scope as England's may be due to the fact that the United States has not as yet intensified its campaign for increased defense. If proper attention is not given to seeing that armament is completed on schedule, a serious disorganization may occur. Such confusion and unpreparedness can do nothing but harm to the country. As long as the United States has rightly or wrongly set upon the course of vigorous rearmament, it should see in England's position a warning of the dangers of falling behind in production for defense...
...Atonalism, not to be confused with such cacophonies as occur in Stravinsky's Sacre du Printemps, can be roughly compared with Abstractionism in painting...
...singing westerns, as in other musical pictures, songs must be "excused," which accounts for the fact that most of the action which does not occur on horseback occurs in well-appointed cafés. Also, as in Rhythm of the Saddle, which has an unbelievably elaborate racketeer and gambler plot, heroes are more likely to be rodeo performers than practicing cowboys. Western devotees, growing effete, do not find these anomalies objectionable...
...Most addicts start using drugs in their late twenties, but addiction may occur at any age. Physicians frankly admit they are stumped by the cause of addiction, generally attribute it to a desire for excitement. Relatively few persons have become addicted through use of medicines for relief of pain...