Word: self
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...knowing where to turn. We have in mind a man we saw at Sunday dinner. Dressed in a new tweed jacket, of whalebone pattern, and wearing the black knit tie, he pulled from his pocket a large and faded red bandana, and just a little self-consciously wiped his nose. -The Daily Dartmouth...
Professor Hansen believes that the Allies will not be so dependent on American goods as in the last war, since the British Empire is far more self-sufficient than it was 25 years...
...wider significance of events which led directly to profound changes in the European map. In an almost offhand manner, the author brings up the question of the rights of national minorities, like the Croats and Ruthenians. With only superficial analysis, she baldly asserts that the principle of national self-determination cannot be realized in Central Europe. There must be at all times a Great Power to rule this heterogeneous mass of peoples who, if allowed to govern themselves, constitute an ever-present danger to the peace of Europe. And disposing of these absorbing problems with such vague generalizations, Miss Harding...
...sure, but it gives the impression that Mr. Behrman is spending three acts rolling up his sleeves and sharpening his pencils without ever really getting down to work. He has spent three acts in eloquent defense of comedy and yet has only succeeded in writing a comedy which is self-conscious, superficially novel without being actually original...
Russia and Japan are still likely to collide, Professor Hopper believes. "Ever since the Mauchukuo incident in 1931, the Bolsheviks have concentrated their energies on building a defense system in the Far East against the Japanese, involving a railroad parallel to the Trans-Siberian, and industrial self-sufficiency for Russia's Far Eastern territories," he explained...