Word: standingly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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From the most reactionary Deputy on the Right to the most radical on the Left came loud, sustained applause. Said Socialist Leader Blum: "We approve entirely." The Right reciprocated by cheering a Communist Deputy who seconded the Premier's stand. On the question of defense, at any rate, France was politically united...
...Poles in Danzig there was some encouragement in the arrival at Gdynia, the all-Polish port only twelve miles northwest of Danzig, of Polish artillery. And just to keep the record straight the Polish Government reiterated its oft-repeated firm stand: "Any attempt to alter the present state of affairs in Danzig will have as an immediate effect immediate action by the Polish military forces, which at present are in a state of readiness...
...benefactors of great wealth-with only superficial relation to the broad life of the U. S. But Alfred Barr comes nearer home when he says, "The Museum of Modern Art is a laboratory; in its experiments the public is invited to participate." And the cynical view will not stand up very well in the presence of the Museum's new president...
Novels like Purslane stand a good chance of being lost in the shuffle. First, it is published by a university press; second, its title makes it sound like a book on botany. But Purslane is worth a top place on any publisher's list. The first novel of a North Carolina folk-play writer, Purslane will remind most readers of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' South Moon Under. Unsentimental, authentic, humorous, moving, it tells a tale of a North Carolina hill family at the turn of the century...
...since mid-November have steel operations been at 62% of capacity. The steel rate, after a brief stand somewhere between 50 and 55, ended last week at 48.6%, began this week at 47.8%. Optimists looked for a scapegoat, found it in the coal tie-up. Typical headline: "Coal Situation Retards Steel Operation Rate...