Word: seesaws
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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During the past six years of the neutrality seesaw, three schools have fought to control U. S. peace policy: 1) the "sanctionist" school, led by former Secretary of State Stimson, aims to keep the U. S. out of war by penalizing aggressor nations which start wars-depriving them, but not their victims of access to U. S. resources and credits; 2) the isolationist school, headed by some 40 Senators, argues that it is not the business of the U. S. to act as judge of international morals-let the U. S. keep out of war by having nothing...
BillDaughaday throw his opponent, Gifford, in 6:45 after a closely contested battle. Tudor Gardiner was left with the problem of holding his heavily favored opponent to a decision, but Harkless finally managed to pin him in 7:32 after a seesaw match. "Chief" Boston made short of Bokum as he nailed...
...seesaw race between the U. S. and Germany for the Brazilian market, Germany was leading last week. Score: Germany, $49,823,075 or 22.16% of Brazil's 1938 imports...
Most charming piece: Self-Portrait with Heart, Frida's record of a period of unhappiness with Diego, showing her with tears on her cheeks, a ferrule sticking through the hole in her body where her heart was, two tiny imps playing seesaw on the ferrule. Political bit: a full-length portrait of Frida holding a scroll inscribed: "To Leon Trotsky, with all love, I dedicate this painting, 7 November...
...expected, Candidate Benson ran far ahead in city precincts, Candidate Petersen led in the schoolhouse vote. After two days of seesaw ballot-counting, Benson finally overtook Petersen for good, squeaked through, 215,000 to 202,000. The total Farmer-Labor primary vote was by far the highest in its history, more than the 253,000 Republican and 81,000 Democratic votes put together. So Laborite Benson's forces inferred that Farmerite Petersen had recruited much of his support from Republican and Democratic conservatives. This claim was supported by the fact that conservative Republican Martin Nelson, twice his party...