Word: steps
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Ever since they fell into goose-step behind Adolf Hitler millions of Germans have been waiting for what Der Führer calls "the occult forces of World Jewry" to be exposed in "their citadel, New York." Last week came what Nazis took to be the long-awaited break. For what seemed to them exceedingly occult reasons, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia abruptly took action which had the effect of barring Germans from being granted New York City licenses as masseurs, locksmiths, itinerant musicians, operators of newsstands, keepers of fruit or soda water booths, bootblacks on outdoor stands, operators of employment agencies...
...Duce is seeking a solution by the conquest of Ethiopia reported by recent geological surveys to be gratifyingly rich in precious metals, oil and other untapped earthly riches (TIME, Feb. 25). He was last week ready literally to defend the lira with Italian blood. Abruptly by a super-drastic step he placed Italy's entire gold resources under his Dictator's thumb...
Since no Argentine from the President down could have taken a step more likely to discredit Argentina than the promulgation of this decree, intelligent Argentines were left gasping in amazement. The highly literate and weighty newsorgans La Prensa and La Nation, models of Latin journalism and traditional adversaries on almost every issue, united for once and for three days printed editorials hurling against President Justo every weapon of argument, deprecation, criticism, sarcasm, invective and ridicule. They added that the decree flatly violates the Argentine Constitution's pledge of freedom of the press...
Invaluable to any fly are the pads, two on each of its six feet, which secrete a sticky fluid and enable the fly to traverse vertical surfaces and ceilings. But as a magnet picks up nails, those pads pick up germs which are shed at every step. The appalling trail of potential infection which a restless fly leaves may be shown, the Institute stated, by causing the insect to walk across glass surfaced with sterile gelatin. Soon the footprints are visible under the microscope-outlined by teeming colonies of bacteria...
...powers to regulate over-the-counter by "such rules & regulations as the Commission may prescribe as necessary or appropriate in the public interest." Just what would be necessary or appropriate no one knew, and Commissioner Landis and his researchers have been groping diligently ever since. SEC's first step was a census: all dealers must be registered before Aug. i or cease business. So far about 4,500 have filed...