Word: opener
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Moscow had failed to inform him of the Communazi non-aggression pact in time to prepare a U. S. explanation in keeping with Comintern ethics. Last week his explanation sounded like something out of a fairy tale: "It [the pact] caused dismay in Tokyo . . . broke the Axis . . . reopens the open door in China . . . lessens the danger, of Fascist penetration in South America . . . is one more step in reaching the Marxian ideal of Communism...
...Gerald Balding, high-goal polo player, who was to have played in next week's open championships at swank Meadow Brook Club, L. I., reported to the British Embassy in Washington for instructions...
...trading in Governments to continue 25 minutes after closing time. For that day at least the bulk of trading in Governments returned from the over-the-counter market to the Exchange. Sales jumped in one day from $411,000 to $8,170,000 as the Federal Reserve took all open, offers preserving an orderly market although prices declined to more than 1 points...
...London church two posters appeared last week. One read, PRAY FOR PEACE. THIS CHURCH IS OPEN ALL DAY; the other, IF YOUR KNEES KNOCK, KNEEL ON THEM. But Europe's war-struck millions needed no such calls to prayer. From the crowded churches of a whole continent rose a spontaneous litany. Some religious footnotes to the week's headlined woe: >Closed to the public were Westminster Abbey's Royal Chapels, their tombs sandbagged, many of their effigies removed. On the black marble slab of Great Britain's Unknown Warrior in the Abbey's nave...
...Clive returned. Not everybody was amused. Investigated by Parliament, Clive defended his greed: "Mr. Chairman, at this moment I stand astonished at my own moderation! . . . an opulent city lay at my mercy; its richest bankers bid against each other for my smiles : I walked through vaults which were thrown open to me alone, piled on either hand with gold and jewels!" Charges of corruption against him were dismissed, but on Nov. 22, 1774, worn out by struggle, ill will and ill health. Clive cut his throat...