Word: oriented
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Captain Gaskell has broken with China Doll to become engaged to Sybil (Rosalind Russell). China Doll, chagrined, has stolen his key to the ship's armory, given it to MacArdle. The owner of the line (C. Aubrey Smith) has delivered a short talk on the lure of the Orient. During the typhoon a lashed steamroller has rolled loose on deck, crushing coolies until, owing to the cowardice of his third officer (Lewis Stone), Captain Gaskell is forced to rechain it almost singlehanded. When the pirates board the Kin Lung they first attach a Malay boot to Captain Gaskell...
NORTH TO THE ORIENT-Anne Morrow Lindbergh-Harcourt, Brace...
...Amsterdam was the golden city of the Dutch. Their armies were the crack fighting force of Europe. Their sea captains were preparing to smash Spain, rival Britain. All about him Rem brandt saw a young nation of tradesmen, sailors and soldiers, the litter of trophies brought home from the Orient...
...ORIENTAL HERITAGE?Will Durant ?Simon & Schuster ($5). A 1,000-page history of the Orient, with expositions of its religious beliefs and descriptions of its art; the first part of a history of civilization which is to run to five volumes...
Pointing to China as the Orient's most horrible example of attempted Democracy, the Bishop of Exeter concluded: "Life in India is much more like that in China than in Exeter! Twenty years ago some wonderful hopes were expressed about China. When the power of the Emperor was removed, there were to be representative institutions and responsible Government. Why has China's fairest province just been plucked from her? Because her generals are all dishonest! Their morality is completely gone...