Word: ring
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Austrian officials had their place with the Germans. Austria, now a German province, sent her Governor (not Chancellor) Arthur Seyss-Inquart to Berlin by air, dressed in the uniform of one of Dictator Hitler's Elite Guard. Austrian-born Herr Hitler was greeted by Reichstag President Göring with the words: "You conquered Austria not with bloody use of force but with your warm heart. Wounds were not inflicted-they were healed...
...Moto, a soft-spoken Japanese with poached-egg eyes and a thorough knowledge of jujitsu, solved some nasty criminal problems. A boxing glove soaked in poison, and a gun with a time device set up under the prize ring and pointed at Mr. Moto's seat all fitted into the pattern of a shady betting deal. Mr. Moto establishes a connection with Charlie by instructing Charlie's collegiate son, Lee Chan (Keye Luke), in a criminology class...
...Presidential candidate to succeed de Valera-providing 1) a naturalized citizen of the U. S. is eligible for the position and 2) the de Valera and Cosgrave opposition parties favor him. Said he: "Many of my friends in Ireland have written me to throw my hat in the ring...
...exception in this ring-around-a-rosy is Government. At this point Author Scherman, who says you must keep your shirt on if you want to understand economics, throws his hat on the ground and stamps on it. Government, says he, welshes on all its promises. It steals property through taxes, steals money through devaluation of the currency (which he compares to the "coldblooded cheating of little children"), milks the banks, shows an unbroken record of "fraud" for 3,000 years. Finally, says Author Scherman, the combination of all these Governmental dishonesties is the main cause of depressions...
...survey?" was the CRIMSON's query. The last vestige of the cross-section wearily stuffed 3 large books into an old burlap bag. "Listen, you," she said bitterly. "If there's anything you want, just go in to the maid, tell her what appeals to you, and she'll ring for it. Good-bye now, I've got to go see a mummy unwrapped...