Word: reviews
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sixth anniversary of the Russian Bolshevik revolution, was celebrated in Moscow by a great review, with tens of thousands of soldiers marching through Red Square. There were brass bands; hundreds of children, on trucks, sang the Internationale as small Italian boys now sing Giovinezza...
...Most Dynamic of Novelists Dr. Smythe, of the International Book Review, came out of the elevator. "Well," said he, "that human dynamo is upstairs waiting for you!" Human dynamo, Blasco Ibanez certainly proved to be. Dark, white-skinned, brisk, almost jerky in his movements, with hands which noticeably wear several jeweled rings and gesticulate in square, but expressive fashion, the great Spanish spinner of yarns is a perfect echo of the life he has led. He does not speak in English. I speak no Spanish, little French. He spoke in French and I understood. A friend put my questions...
Mr.H. Glynn-Ward, in the Literary Digest's International book Review, has put Canada's ease. Canada is, not a land of eternal snows inhabited solely by vicious French Canadians, officers of the Royal Northwest Mounted always in summer costume, and decrepit log cabins, Transportation, He asserts, is provided for a large number of automobiles and a network of very fair railroads. Eskinio dog teams, while still employed in the outlying, districts, are no longer the only means of communication between Toronto and Montreal. And it does not snow all year round...
Compared with the 1914 review, 47 less battleships, two less battle cruisers, 14 less light cruisers took part in the recent naval exercises; the actual number of these types of ships being eight battleships, two battle cruisers, twelve light cruisers. It was stated, however, that the ships are more battleworthy than those of 1914, having heavier guns and greater speed...
...review of the fleet was principally carried out for the First Lord of the Admiralty, Lieutenant Colonel Amery, an Oxford classical scholar, who has been connected with the Admiralty for more than two years, having been Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty since 1921 until he was appointed First Lord last year in Mr. Law's Administration. He was formerly on the London Times editorial staff and organ-ized The Times' war correspondence in the South African...