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...their mortal peril," said a grave and sorrowful Churchill, "the Greeks turned to us for succor. . . . They declared they would fight for their native soil . . . even if we left them to their fate. But we could not do that. There are rules against that kind of thing. . . . An act of shame would deprive us of . . . respect . . . and thus would sap the vitals of our strength...
...East stirred restlessly, like a monster aroused from an age-old sleep, as new conquerors threatened the age-old dominion of Britain. To an appeal from the London Times to end his civil-disobedience campaign in view of Britain's growing peril, Mohandas K. Gandhi replied curtly that the campaign "must continue at all costs." In Iran tension increased with the fear that Russia was preparing to drive toward the Persian Gulf. In Iraq Nazi plotters had already unsettled Britain's hold (see p. 37), and Nazi Schemester Franz von Papen appeared to have cowed Turkey into some...
Ewing, known as "the Yellow Peril of Lowell House," announced yesterday that the "Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of New England" land" had donated the services of the and for the launching of the boat...
This column is strictly for Northerners. Southerners read it at peril of their blood pressure and to no avail--for the subject is a matter of prejudice...
...ordinary variety of water pistol the choice of the youngsters. Any tenant lugging less than a brace of six-shot repeating pistols, walks in imminent peril of being swamped by a better armed adversary...