Word: opener
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...preserve the peace (which was already shot full of holes) but to preserve the peace system, was received by Sir John Simon, Britain's cold, cautious, legalistic Foreign Secretary, with a yawn. Britain answered that she would be satisfied if Japan reaffirmed her pledge to maintain the Open Door, a polite way of saying that she did not care whose throat...
...lead to near-term difficulties and dangers. If the U. S. were to apply economic sanctions against Japan as an "aggressor" without first enlisting the cooperation of the British fleet and fortified Singapore Base, it would probably find itself hard put to it to keep its trade lanes open to the Malayan Archipelago, whence comes most U. S. rubber and tin. The Japanese might be provoked to raids on American shipping in the Celebes and Java seas and would probably attack the Philippines. In the event of a war along 1914-18 lines in Europe, there would be little sense...
...Herman Kahn's 86-room castle in Cold Spring Harbor, L. I. was too big for most present-day buyers' boots, the splendiferous estate went for a song ($100,000) to New York City's Department of Sanitation. Last week, renamed Sanita Lodge, it was thrown open to 22,000 street cleaners on vacation...
Every summer, around the Fourth of July, the interest of U. S. sport fans focuses on the British Isles where three of the oldest and most important sport events in the world are usually going full swing: the Henley Royal Regatta, the British Open golf tournament and the All-England tennis championships...
...Andrews, royal & ancient cradle of golf, only three U. S. golfers were among the 240 who teed up their balls last week in the 74th British Open, world's No. 1 golf tournament. But when the field narrowed down to two, one of the finalists was an American: big Johnny Bulla, a Chicago pro who was playing in his first British tournament. After finishing his last round in 73 for a 72-hole total of 292, it looked as if an American would once again win the Open. But while Johnny Bulla fidgeted in the clubhouse...