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Dates: during 1930-1939
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His subjects called him "Ferdinand the Loyal." He was a Hohenzollern from Germany. But he made the decision (it was not forced upon him) to enter the first World War against his own kinsmen in defense of his adopted country. This was not weakness. His statesmanship gave to Rumania universal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 11, 1939 | 12/11/1939 | See Source »

At 24 he was made judge in a Shanghai court. He was lenient to a fault. One day he freed a coolie accused of having stolen four ducks because evidence was insufficient-and the next day found four ducks missing from his own duck pond.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Excellency in a Ricksha | 12/11/1939 | See Source »

Britain and France had just reduced their China garrisons. Japan was fulminating against the U. S. in its role of watchdog. The conferees went off to Manila with their boss's judgment (coinciding with their own): if Japan takes the present war as an occasion to move in on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Excellency in a Ricksha | 12/11/1939 | See Source »

Not escaping this jinx of illness, John D. Daggett 1L, the best man, was forced to rush to New Orleans in order to preserve his own health.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SICK STILLMAN STUDENT GETS HOUR'S LEAVE FOR MARRIAGE | 12/9/1939 | See Source »

Next week the squad hits the road and tackles Brown and Wesleyan in their own back yards and will undoubtedly take a couple of good lickings. This small, inexperienced Crimson hoop squad starts the year with fine potentialities but has much to learn. That the new men will improve game...

Author: By Donald Peddle, | Title: What's His Number? | 12/9/1939 | See Source »

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