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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Characterizing the present European puzzle as a "game of skilled politicians," Timasheff believes that in settling the Czechoslovakian problem, Great Britain and France gave Hitler a free hand in Russia. "Hitler was sure Poland would agree to a plan for lopping off part of the Ukraine and dividing the spoils. Germany would get Danzig and part of the Corridor in addition to part to the Ukraine which would be split between the two countries...
Said Mr. Woodrum: "There is no member of this body or any other body who has so unfailingly, so persistently, so regularly, so systematically and so ineffectively opposed the present Administration...
Early this year Major James R. Randolph, U. S. Army Ordnance Reserve, predicted in Army Ordnance that rockets would eventually assume a major role as carriers of high explosives. Hardheaded Major Randolph declared that "in the present state of the art, there probably would be no great difficulty in equaling with rockets the performance of the German long-range gun that bombarded Paris from a distance of 75 miles. But instead of firing shots of moderate caliber at long intervals, a rocket plant could fire the equivalent of 24-inch shells about as fast as desired. Such a job would...
...difficult period of experimentation is over," Malone stated, "and we are now in a position to capitalize upon the experience of the past. The present program of the Committee is based upon a frank recognition of the difficulty of inducing busy undergraduates to do outside reading, and upon the consequent necessity of making it attractive to them. Despite the intrinsic difficulties, we feel that the opportunity to explore the various aspects of American civilization has rarely been so challenging...
...Harvard question mark is partially solved by Saturday's shellacking at the hands of the Penn Quakers. At present the Crimson falls way short of greatness or even popular anticipation. But while the results of the Penn game were discouraging, prediction of successive losses is a cry far afield...