Word: sneaking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that to British prestige in Africa irretrievable. Last week sword-handy Britons of the more resolute school, such as General Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, brimmed with hostile advice. At the very least a British force padded with Egyptian and Indian troops ought to sneak up the Blue Nile and mount guard over Lake Tana. Also it would be well to make a naval demonstration of some sort in the Mediterranean...
...sink boxes or sneak boats for open water gunning; no blind of any kind more than 100 ft. from shore...
...Meanwhile in Manhattan what again seemed to Germans "occult forces" caused a number of Communists to sneak aboard the S. S. Bremen as that German liner was about to sail with such distinguished passengers as President Roosevelt's toddling grandson William Donner Roosevelt. Six daring Reds proceeded to tear down and throw into the Hudson River the Bremen...
Benito Mussolini has often been suspected of having a suppressed desire to sneak up behind the League of Nations when it wasn't looking and hit it on the back of the head with a stout club. If this has been the plan of the Italian dictator, Emperor Haile Selassie's telegram to Geneva is a good indication that he will not have to wait much longer for the desired nervous breakdown. No matter what answer the League makes to the walling message from Ethiopia, it is certain to pay the price of one of the major blunders...
...individuals of official posture reiterated monotonously that they had never heard of Emerson H. "It's probably in the basement," said they. Near the basement the group snared Crane Brinton, who had composed the examinations. Perceiving the grave predicament, he advised the band to sneak past the proctors into Emerson D. Fortunately, they followed his advice and at 9.10 assumed the same seats they had occupied...