Word: spotting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Navy's world just now is South America. A very present possibility for the Navy is revolution inspired by European totalitarians and therefore, by the terms of Franklin Roosevelt's hemisphere defense, to be prevented or suppressed by U. S. arms. In Navy thinking, most likely spot for such a police job is Brazil, whose Foreign Minister Oswaldo Aranha last week assured the U. S. that it need not (and should not) worry about his country...
...work takes some of the twinkle out of cinema stars have had an effect on the players themselves. Last week, with Lombard, Grant and Tibbett scheduled to be off, Ronald Colman asked for. and got, release from his contract. This left last Sunday's show in a bad spot. Grant was lured back, Basil Rathbone rounded up. The show went on, distinguished mainly by the singing of Negro Contralto Marian Anderson. Colman's suave management and Carole Lombard's wayward breathlessness were sorely missed. For next week the return of Miss Lombard and Tibbett is promised...
Williams is the only bright spot on the Penn horizon. Specializing in the 50 and 100 free-style, he ordinarily swims in both of these events and anchors the 400 relay in close meets. He is undefeated this year in these events, swimming the two lap event in the vicinity of 24 seconds, and the century in just under 55 seconds. Last year he led the league in number of points scored with 57 counters, followed by Charlie Hutter with...
...strict provisions of the Neutrality Act stood by it. He knew that at such a late hour lifting the embargo would involve the U. S. in diplomatic trouble and threaten U. S. peace far more effectively than it could help Loyalist Spain. This put the President in an unusual spot for him: on the unpopular side of a question. But he did not refer to these facts when he replied, through the press, to the clamoring friends of Loyalist Spain. He referred all pleaders to the State Department, whose legalists gave his answer: The President is powerless to lift...
...started two weeks ago when Shor, looking through the New York Times classified ads for a soft spot in case he didn't pull through his mid-years, stopped short at an item reading, "College for sale; beautiful campus; old tradition; coeducational; write to Box $03 for full particulars...