Word: pass
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Europe, crisscrossed north and south as well as east and west by sworling mountain ranges, the theatres of war are limited with almost mathematical precision. Every great plain and basin in western and central Europe has been soaked in blood, every pass and gap and gateway has been powdered by the hobnails of marching men. Possession of the mountain bastions frequently determines just whose plains and basins are the site of bloodletting...
...Fair's predicament: that its operating profits are not high enough because of disappointing attendance. On August 9 its paid admissions numbered 13,026,285 (pass admissions, 4,398,534; public school pupils in free...
...Michael O'Daniel, son of Texas' Governor Wilbert Lee ("Pass the Biscuits, Pappy") O'Daniel, did not wait for a contest, went to Hollywood last fortnight, landed a Paramount contract (TIME, Aug. 14). His Pappy has still not decided whether to let him take...
...Hollywood went Michael O'Daniel, 19, son of Texas' Governor Wilbert Lee ("Pass the Biscuits, Pappy") O'Daniel, to make his fortune with his face. After a screen test he was offered a contract by Paramount, went home in high feather to get his pappy's consent...
...whalers sponsored an amendment postponing the excise for five years. Last week Congress adjourned without acting on it. To Whaler Isbrandtsen that meant: 1) buying a fleet of killer ships (estimated cost of eight if U. S. built: $3,200,000); or 2) taking a chance that Congress would pass the amendment next session; or 3) disbanding his company and virtually ending the U. S. revival of whaling...