Word: succession
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...secret of Gamelin's military success lay largely in his old mapmaker's and landscapist's instinct for geography. Not only was he able to take the maximum advantage of terrain so as to conserve manpower, but his shrewd disposition of fire power constantly enhanced the offensive quality of his command. His many citations praised his "highest qualities of method and of inspection" and his ability to carry his objectives "in the course of a general offensive at the cost of minimum losses." The French soldier did not like him less for that and the present French...
...Success in the first three experimental cities (Rochester, Dayton, Seattle) where the plan has pleased grocers, bankers, reliefers, farmers and social welfare workers, apparently has led FSCC to contemplate extension of the plan to 100 more cities...
...Ides of March that Soviet Ambassador Ivan Maisky spoke of Russia's strength and peaceful intentions at a dinner for British industrialists, launching stories of negotiations unique in diplomatic history for their repeated reports of success unaccompanied by any concrete results. In the next week Britain was reported to be: 1) weighing a Soviet pact; 2) conquering her fear of Communism; 3) considering Russia's attitude favorable; 4) rejecting Russia's proposal for a six-power conference as premature. By the end of March Russia was reported: 1) to be pleased by the British stand on Poland...
Last week the Senate Banking and Currency Committee put new Federal Loan Administrator Jesse H. Jones on the carpet, asked him about the success of Federal lending. To a query about the amount of losses on RFC loans to business, the retiring RFC Chairman admitted: "I am ashamed to tell you what I think it will be. It will be plenty...
...Ness). This week he adds to these a class-conscious study of history's archtraitor. Its thesis: Judas was a man of property attracted by Christ's teaching of peace and love, who finally betrayed his Master when he decided Christ was an anarchist whose success would mean the end of property rights...