Word: resisting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fight if duly provoked. To this theme Leon Blum passed dexterously, seeking to reassure the Little Entente allies of France who today are afraid his new Socialist Cabinet may not prove trustworthy in their defense. "Because we had dedicated ourselves to peace," said the Premier, "we did not resist when the Rhineland was occupied in defiance of treaties. But, Messieurs, does anyone think our reaction would have been the same if [the Germans] had so much as touched our soil or the soil of other countries which we guarantee...
...zinc put there by the galvanizing process. Where the cables rubbed against iron supports of the bridge, those tiny particles were driven into the steel wires, wedging apart the fine crystals of the annealed steel, causing the wire to snap. Coarse-grained, cold-drawn steel wire was found to resist this minute destructive process...
...last week of autocratic German Reichsbank President Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, whom closest friends call "Willy." In Vienna, Belgrade, Athens, Sofia and Budapest the Machiavellian doctor had fun insisting that he flew only to promote "economic peace." Just before he took off for Berlin, however, tactless Dr. Schacht could not resist blurting out what kind of economic peace he promotes. "Do creditor countries desire to renounce their claims against Germany?" he asked sharply. "If so they should say so, as Germany must either be allowed to earn and pay or to default...
Exhibiting a complete mastery over their opponents from first to last, the Freshman lacrosse team completely swamped M.I.T. yesterday afternoon on the home field, by a score of 15-3. Even Henry W. Riecken, goalie for the Yardlings, couldn't resist the yearning to tally a point. Leaving his cage wide open in the middle of the game, he dashed the length of the field to slam the ball into the enemy...
...very best that education has to offer, would be an act of supreme discourtesy to Heidelberg and to the reputation that it has built up over five centuries. The Harvard Student Union is merely trying to make an issue of a non-political problem, because it is unable to resist any opportunity to take a crack at the Germany Government of today...