Word: quietness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fact that no new treaty would come from this year's Conference. The British accepted the fact but were not resigned to complete failure. Omitting bigwig statesmen, whose presence would only steer the meeting into the dangerous waters of international contention, they planned to have a nice quiet conference by a few naval experts with the hope that these specialists in the business of killing each other at sea could work out some sort of gentlemen's agreement in restraint of their trade. The British thought that something might be done: 1) to limit the size and armament...
...airplane salesman in China who was attracted to Tibet by stories of a mountain higher than Everest, and by accounts of vast gold fields that also lured Gordon Enders. Two of Harrison Forman's companions were killed by Chinese bandits. MARCH HARE-Elsa Smithers-Oxford ($3). Quiet autobiography of a native of the South African Republic who lived through the Boer War, several gold rushes, knew many of the South African notables of her day. THROUGH MY OPEN DOOR - Lucia Whitney-Farrar & Rinehart ($2.50). Story of the ten-year illness of a well-known U. S. novelist who writes...
...Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek, after which the Chinese satraps of the five provinces figuratively thumbed their noses at General Doihara. When, with boiling anger, the General sputtered in Peiping at a local Chinese commander, hurling threats which would ordinarily have made him grovel, Chinese General Hsiao Chengying said with quiet, studied Oriental insolence that the five provinces had just received the strongest telegraphic orders from Nanking: "So if you want autonomy declared, General Doihara, you must force Nanking to instruct us differently...
...crowd, usually greedy for "color," that curious amalgam of arrogance and nonchalance, this time preferred Oldster Hoppe's quiet manner. At first he justified its hopes, led Cochran by seven points. Gradually Irishman Cochran regained his skill, his orthodox playing succeeding where his opponent's daring wizardry just failed. Superstitious spectators thought Hoppe a sure winner when he reached ''king row" (40th point) ahead of Cochran, groaned when a minute later he miscued. Cochran, now bubbling with confidence, soon completed the match with an unfinished run of seven, prevented Hoppe from fulfilling a ten-year dream...
...face, almost wooden, sometimes lights up in a crooked smile. Prone to swearing a good deal in a quiet, pleasant way, he never loses his temper, though he is a martinet about detail. When he is in command, his ship must be spotless, his men equally neat. In only one respect is he himself lax-his beard, which is fast-growing, heavy. Hating to shave, he has tried all types of razor, has lately returned to an old-fashioned straightedge...