Word: seeing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...districts, with 800,000 inhabitants, had been detached. For Poland, however, the loss of eastern Galicia, with her 5,400,000 Ukrainians, would be irreparable, while for Russia the forcible detachment of 32,600,000 Ukrainians, plus 7,000,000 other nationals living in the area, would be catastrophic (see...
Forest fires in the State of Victoria, southeastern Australia, fanned by high winds, last week became a Commonwealth calamity. Thousands of miles of timberland were burned black. The fires raged in some areas on 40-mile fronts. In Melbourne, sweating under a temperature of 114° (see p. 29), smoke came down so thick that visibility was limited to a block. It was dark by 3 p.m. in the country. Much of Melbourne's watershed was devastated, increasing the probability that water consumption, already restricted because of the drought, would have to be further cut down...
...probably put France in a bargaining mood.) He was willing to discuss the plight of the Jews with other powers, but to send none to Ethiopia. He amiably reaffirmed the Anglo-Italian friendship pledge of 1938. Net: zero. To underscore the zero Mr. Chamberlain also called on the Pope (see...
...more serious Australian disaster, see...
...untutored occidental eye, "quaint" is the word for Persian miniature paintings. Humay Meeting Humayun (see cut), painted on silk about 1430, is a far cry from the type of pseudo-Persian fantasy, with harem maidens, moons and gazelles, affected by occidental illustrators. This painting, 6 by 8½ in., belongs to the Timurid period of 'Persian art, after the Mongol conquerors, Genghis Khan and Tamerlane, had brought in Chinese influences. But there is no Chinese depth or shading in the picture. The pure red, gold, blue and green robes of the figures, their rouged cheeks and the formalized tree...