Word: stay
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...There is more chance that Poland will go with Germany. They feel it safer to stay on the right side of Hitler, in spite of their alliance with France, which has been rather sickly for the last three or four years...
...Mayor Hague won by the simple expedient of jampacking Jersey City's Journal Square, where Messrs. O'Connell and Bernard were scheduled to lambaste Hagueism, with loyal Hague followers. This convinced the crusaders they had best stay away...
Mussolini can stay friendly with Britain and France even though he agrees to the Rome-Berlin axis, an apparently contradictory set-up, but only if Il Duce refrains from farther territorial expansion. But, Dr. Salvemini declared, since Hitler has gained enormous prestige by his Austrian adventures, Mussolini must keep the Italian masses contented by more victories, and these, for geographical reasons, must be in the Mediterranean region--in direct conflict with British and French away...
...Washington last week, chief endeavor of the 3,001 delegates to the Continental Congress seemed to be to see who could carry the most flowers. One Washington florist's business increased 300% during their stay. Principal agendum at the Congress was rostrum-climbing. To help them avoid tripping over themselves, their long skirts and their flowers, delegates had a corps of debutante pages. Principal agendum of the pages standing at the rostrum steps was to lift the train of each ascending delegate with combined dexterity, good timing and discretion. From inspecting each other's clothes, writing messages...
...cost of the old-type fence and the operating expense is negligible-usually not more than 18? a month. The better fences give short intermittent shocks, so that animals will not "freeze" to the wire, as they might if the current were strong & steady. Once shocked, most animals will stay away from the wire...