Word: smoothly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pact until Germany regains her colonies! No air pact until the lie of German War guilt is wiped from the Treaty of Versailles! No air pact until our air force is stronger than any other in Europe!!!" Tidying up after Hitler, professional diplomats of the Wilhelmstrasse attempted to be smooth. Germany, they said, might enter an air pact with Britain, provided no other country was admitted. Such a proposal was an example of the classic German diplomatic chess move: "Insert a wedge between Britain and France whenever possible...
...Walküre the orchestra under Conductor Artur Bodanzky gave one of the best performances that has come from the Metropolitan pit in many a season. The strings were smooth and eloquent. The horns indulged in none of the oldtime bleating. For Die Walküre there were new stage settings by Jonel Jorgulesco, who was more concerned with achieving mass effects than with following Wagner's specific instructions. Friedrich Schorr, as Wotan, wore a scarlet cloak which looked more like a Japanese kimono than a godly robe. One of the lively Valkyries was Charlotte Symons, a debutante from...
...line changes mean little more than that Stubbs is "trying everything" before the team faces the formidable Clarkson six. Harvard is favored over the Brown aggregation and Stubbs is mixing them up in the hope of finding a new smooth unit...
...understanding of the present maelstrom of confused tendencies of political thought and action as they whirl about the ivyed walls. Documented with care and thoroughness, organized with skill and clarity the work is also very readable. Mr. Weschler has a clear swift moving style which makes the going smooth and pleasant. However, the worth of the book does not depend on its literary merits. As an historical analysis of the condition of the American campus since 1917 and as a brief, however sublimated, for the political organization of college youth in the active struggle against "suppression, discrimination and violence...
Touring Bureaus, of course, might not exist at all in a perfect world, but in this unfortunate reality they help lubricate and smooth over the gaps of a necessarily incomplete system. Professors have not the time to pay individual attention to each student in organizing and disentangling the messes born from inattention, absence, and ineptitude. In providing this service, the bureaus are supported morally even by the college administration...