Word: quarrelling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...every TIME-statement there must he either reliable witness or reputable authority. In this case, Dr. Langdon's quarrel is not with TIME but with Dr. Josephson whose report on cortin in Science, a reputable publication. TIME accurately reported. Whether public hopes rise or fall is the responsibility of Dr. Josephson not of TIME...
Meanwhile the Japanese Cabinet, just before the Vanity Fair incident burst, tried last week to settle the recent months of quarrel about Emperor Hirohito's exact status by a solemn and fervent pronouncement. Excerpt...
...occasional sorcerers who hurt only people they dislike and may even exert their force quite unconsciously. The first are exterminated instantly when caught. The second may escape punishment if they repair the damage. Thus when a woman in childbirth is having a difficult labor, her friends remember some quarrel with another woman who must now be causing the trouble, and this woman is requested to come and apply her saliva to the mother's body, thereby canceling the enchantment...
Grand Duke Boris said Newport society was the most luxurious he had ever seen. His visit brought to a head the quarrel between Mrs. Goelet and Mrs. Fish, who were fighting over young Jimmie Cutting. Mrs. Goelet entertained the Grand Duke at her home. Mrs. Fish invited guests to meet the Grand Duke at a dinner and ball, but refused to include Jimmie Cutting. Mrs. Goelet demanded that he be invited. Mrs. Fish refused. Mrs. Goelet therefore would not let the Grand Duke attend the Fish party given in his honor. Unwilling to disappoint guests anxious to see royalty, Harry...
...novelty in Japanese politics, the Council provides an arena less formal than the Cabinet in which the fighting service and civilian ministers, perpetually at cross purposes, can quarrel at their ease for the public weal. The question last week was how many more bonds can the Imperial Government force the nation to absorb in order to meet the continued cost of Japanese penetration deeper & deeper into China...