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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

...Malacca, which was controlled by the Portuguese, the Dutch, and finally by the British after 1824. But the island of Singapore (in Malayan "Lion City''), a feverish mush of mangrove roots and black mud 27 miles long by 14 broad, was practically uninhabited until far-sighted Sir Stamford Raffles set up a trading settlement on the island in 1819. had the whole island ceded to the East India Co. five years later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Goodwill Visit | 2/21/1938 | See Source »

...Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for 1937 was the president of the British League of Nations Union (1 Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, 2 the Earl of Bewdley, 3 Sir Thomas Inskip, 4 Walter Runciman, 5 Viscount Snowden of Ickornshaw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Current Affairs Test, Feb. 21, 1938 | 2/21/1938 | See Source »

...sure you're mistaken, sir. This JUST came in YESTERDAY. You won't find anything newer in the Square. Got lots of demand for this suit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crime | 2/9/1938 | See Source »

...What are you thinking of, sir...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crime | 2/9/1938 | See Source »

...like that one, sir?" he warbled, coyly snatching off the price...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crime | 2/9/1938 | See Source »

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