Word: sevening
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...burden of Russia's entire national economy, and is loaded with all kinds of Five-Year-Plan economic costs which private capital would carry in other countries, J. Stalin is spending more than one-fifth of the entire Red budget making ready to fight. Germany spent in 1936 seven times as much as in 1934. Russia only tripled her expenditures in the same period but is still ahead of Germany. Together the Bolsheviks and Nazis spent in 1936 on future war more than all the rest of the world combined...
...massacre comparable to a battle in the World War." As Whites and Militia mowed each other down with machine guns, there was fought above them on the battle's second day the grimmest air duel they had yet seen. Down into their midst fell eleven planes-four Red, seven White. After three days of furious see-saw struggle with each army using the cream of its men, neither side had gained an inch...
Meanwhile in London the International Committee for Non-Intervention of 27 nations reached the end of five months and seven days of bickering, adopted formally an international ban on the entry of further volunteers and munitions into Spain, agreed to set up land and sea patrols to isolate the country. Dictators Hitler and Mussolini joined in this round robin of Peace and Neutrality. "They now believe," explained the New York Times's Frederick T. Birchall, that Franco "has enough . . . help from outside to enable him to become master of Spain." Said the Earl of Plymouth, patient chairman...
...with another encounter, this time against George Vazsony, a bank employe, but not one of the original nine "insulters." Dueler Sarga again polished up his sabre, went out to tackle George because his mother had said catty things about Mrs. Sarga. For 90 minutes sabre clashed against sabre. After seven rounds Dr. Sarga got the surprise of his dueling career-a wound in the head. For seven more rounds he fought on until he had lost so much blood that he had to be carried off the field...
Engaged. Lawrence Peter ("Larry") Fisher, 48, of Detroit's seven bodybuilding Fisher Brothers, husky President of Cadillac Motor Car Co. and a General Motors vice president; and Louise Henry, cinemactress; in Hollywood...