Word: recentes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Education of John L. Lewis is a process which has notably accelerated in recent years. Credit for the initial polishing of an extremely rough diamond goes to Mrs. Lewis, a onetime Iowa schoolmarm. Like the wife and scion of any prosperous businessman, Mrs. Lewis and her only son John L. Jr. were last week on their way to Europe for a summer vacation. About on a par with the decor of a successful mine superintendent's home is that of John L. Lewis' neat colonial house in Alexandria, Va. There in his lovely garden he now receives...
...Deal high made last April. At that time a general reappraisal of the business outlook seemed in order and stock prices subsequently suffered their first serious setback in more than a year (TIME, May 4). Significant to market chartists, nevertheless, is the fact that the recent recovery has not been a strong enough to carry the stock averages through their old tops...
...recent report charged that Turkey had violated the Treaty of Lausanne by (1 announcing universal military conscription, 2 sending troops into the demilitarized Dardanelles zone, 3 occupying a strip of territory ruled by France under a League mandate, 4 launching four new battleships, 5 denying the franchise to Armenians in Turkey...
...Recent ineffectiveness of the League has caused European statesmen to consider revamping the Covenant to (1 deny membership to dominions and protectorates, 2 return the South American mandates to Germany, 3 disband the League's international army, 4 revoke the League's power to use force in applying sanctions, 5 cancel the membership...
...celebrated operatic star whose recent retirement occasioned farewells and tributes from noted musicians and music-lovers is (1 Richard Crooks, 2 Nino Martini, 3 Rosa Ponselle, 4 Lucrezia Bori, 5 Lily Pons...