Word: opening
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Biggest open link in Franklin Roosevelt's chain of Good Neighbors in the Western Hemisphere has been Argentina. For five years Mr. Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull have patiently, persistently struggled to overcome: 1) Argentina's historic dominance by Great Britain, 2) Argentine fears of U. S. imperialism, 3) Argentine insistence that the U. S. lift its 1930 ban on imports of pampas beef, 4) Argentina's across-the-table system of bilateral trade, 5) Argentina's able, egotistic Foreign Minister, Saavedra Lamas...
...await the dread signal. There is only one man who can give it. There he sits, torn by passion and foreboding, by appetites and fears, with his finger moving toward a button which-if he presses it-will explode what is left of civilization. . . . But the choice is still open. There is no truth in the plea that Hitler has gone too far to start over. By a single impulse of will power he could regain solid foundations of health and sanity. ... If there is friendly action we will match it on our side. If there is renewed aggression...
...picture on his own, went to Paramount to borrow Bing Crosby. Paramount would not lend Crosby, hired Producer Rogers instead. He auditioned 1,583 juvenile performers. Two of the hopefuls, a midget and a little girl who despite her mother's promptings stolidly refused to open her mouth, were incorporated into the script...
...Buffet supper at Harvard Union. All Union activities are open equally to the Freshmen living in the dormitories and those living at home...
...Open House for Freshman, Phillips Brooks House. Refreshments...