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Word: preparedness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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The French high command made known that on Sept. 29, seeing that Poland was prostrate and that pressure at the West-wall could not possibly revive her, they decided to alter their basic war plan from offensive to defensive. Unknown to the Germans they prepared a line of resistance behind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN THEATRE: Minuet | 10/30/1939 | See Source »

Dearest Hopes. In 1914 the Malmö Conference of the Three Kings agreed that Scandinavia would try to keep out of World War I while trading to beat the band with all belligerents. Last week in Stockholm it was already clear that World War II is not going to be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORDIC STATES: Mighty Fortress | 10/30/1939 | See Source »

Appointments of this sort would do little to solve the real problem. What is needed are men of the middle age-group, like the departing assistant professors, men who are prepared to teach and tutor. It is these who are called for, not "Name Professors" interested in graduate work to...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REVIVING THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT | 10/27/1939 | See Source »

Last week this Broadway drama of hardships was bleak reality. As the farmers of Matanuska Valley, after four years' uneven struggle against mounting debts for machinery and equipment supplied by the Government, prepared to reap the best harvest in years and write off some of their obligations, an Arctic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ALASKA: The Valley | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

Both teams had prepared negative briefs. The announcer failed to discover the situation until he had introduced Thomas O' Toole '42 as the first speaker for the affirmative. When O'Toole gesticulated frantically and refused to go on the air, the announcer said, "Would any of you gentlemen care to...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Air Debate Falls Through As Teams Take Same Side | 10/21/1939 | See Source »

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