Word: seene
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Hankow, now the headquarters of Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek, Chinese felt safe last week because many Soviet war planes flown by expert Soviet pilots had arrived to protect them. The Russian aces, large, square-headed fellows of the surly, close-mouthed type seen in Leftist Spain, kept rigidly to themselves, but Chinese never doubted they would go up and do battle at the first Japanese air attack...
Living Conditions. "I was never to so many operas and plays in my life! I spent most of my time in Russia in one of the nicest hotels I've ever been in. I heard Madame Butterfly sung in Russian -in the finest presentation I have ever seen. . . . Russia today is safe, secure: there is no worry there, no fear. I didn't go hungry. I ate almost better than I ever have! I don't speak Russian. The people really have free speech. If they wanted to, the Russian people could get rid of their present...
...ornament of Europe gracefully to New York and New England buildings. Ralph Adams Cram was responsible for the Gothic revival. Bertram Goodhue achieved the monumentality of West Point. From these men Wright was isolated by what in their day appeared to be his eccentricity. The isolation is now seen to have been more theirs than...
...Palmer, as U. S. Attorney General, was the greatest Red-baiter of his day. In a hearing of an appeal against the board's banning of the Soviet-made Baltic Deputy, Mrs. Palmer last week showed her particolors. Her testimony: "The acting was the most magnificent I have seen since I've been on the board. ... I don't like Communism, so the picture is not the type I want to see shown in Pennsylvania...
...gadgets as an excuse for lowering a car's price. The Hudson 112 is a bona fide new car. Nonetheless motormen generally regarded it as primarily an attempt to snare a market which has balked at high prices. How successful it will be remains to be seen, but last week it had President Roosevelt's blessing...