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Word: sameness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Birthday. Meanwhile, if nothing intervenes, Greater Germany will vociferously acclaim the soth birthday of its creator and Führer this week. On the same day-April 20-Herr Himmler will quietly, without public fanfare, celebrate the fifth anniversary of his appointment as Inspector of the Gestapo. Troops will march...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Secret Policeman | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

Too many alumni have emerged from concentration camps with the same story to leave any further doubt that sadism and brutality are part & parcel of the concentration camp routine. The whipping post is used freely; men are forced to run while carrying heavy loads, are prodded by bayonets if they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Secret Policeman | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

> When Japan tried to force the conquered areas of China to trade only with her, Chinese merchants literally strapped their goods to their bellies, tucked them in their coat sleeves, packed them in false-bottomed baskets-and smuggled them out to the same old customers.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN CHINA: Silver and Lead | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

Also missing from the League are of course, the U. S. which never joined, Japan which withdrew in 1933 over the China "incident"; Germany, which dropped out the same year over the question of rearmament; Italy, which resigned in 1937 over Ethiopia and sanctions; Austria, which was anschlussed; Czecho-Slovakia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE LEAGUE: Eez an Illusion | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

In sheet music Hold Tight sold 100,000 copies, in orchestrations 10,000. The Andrews Sisters' recording sold 150,000, 20,000 more than their Bei Mir Bist Du Schön for same period. It reached fourth place in the Hit Parade. This week, just as the radio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Hold Barred | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

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