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...black pistol was the black-shirted Fascist Grand Council, supreme organ of the Italian State. The resounding blank was a decision by the Grand Council in Rome last week. The decision: Only if the League of Nations is "radically reformed in the shortest possible time" as to its "constitution, working system and objectives" will Italy continue to remain a League member state...
...night! At least one can give paregoric to a puppy or a baby. "Referring to the mathematics days, do you remember your first day's class at Groton? You stood up at the blackboard-announced to the class that a straight line is the shortest distance between two points-and then tried to draw one. All I can say is that I, too, have never been able to draw a straight line. I am sure you shared my joy when Einstein proved that there ain't no such thing as a straight line...
...hill went the cannon while the soldiers cheered. Later in the day, still full of energy. Il Duce took his place in the line again with chin up and swinging arms, pacing a battalion of the 67th Infantry in a route march to strain the legs of the shortest...
...Most indexes are adjusted to season variations. Typical is power production which must be adjusted to iron out the rise in winter (when days are short), the decline in summer. Annual peak is usually a cloudy day in the week of Dec. 22. shortest day of the year. Bottom is not around June 21, longest day. but always July 4. most observed U. S. holiday...
...work his executive will. The oldest, closest and most trusted of these is Raymond Moley. He is not a great man but he is a powerful one. His influence on the Administration is felt far beyond his nominal job of Assistant Secretary of State. Through his ear is the shortest and swiftest route to the heart of the White House. He does not make up the President's mind for him but he supplies the raw material on which that mind is made up. What Postmaster General Farley & Col. Howe are to President Roosevelt in the realm of practical...