Word: supporting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...French have never cottoned to this idea. France's population is only half as large as Germany's, and in a prolonged conflict she would ultimately need man power as well as money and arms. Worried French Governments have long urged the British Government to pledge unqualified support in case of war. Last week in a House of Commons debate on a $2,900,000,000 arms appropriation for the coming year, France got that pledge...
...Berlin method: to require each day the names of 100 Berlin Jews who will leave Germany within the next fortnight. When the 100 have paid their taxes, their share in the $400,000,000 vom Rath fine, the capital flight tax, contributed to the fund for the support of aged Jews and sold their jewelry to the State at the State's own price, they will be given passports marked with a large "J" (for Jew), told to get their visas. For those who don't get out on time, "dire penalties" will be provided...
...resigned, ostensibly because he had discovered that he was one-eighth Jewish, actually because he was too willing a Nazi stooge to suit the independent Magyars. Last week his successor, Count Paul Teleki, erstwhile Boy Scout leader, made more confusing news. Having announced that he would support the brutal anti-Semitic laws planned by Dr. Imrédy and that he was in agreement with the "peaceful aims of the Rome-Berlin axis," the Teleki Government promptly ordered police to round up the green-shirted Hungarist Party, the country's largest Nazified organization (estimated membership...
Last week Pandit Nehru refused any longer to compromise. Shortly after the recent re-election to the Congress presidency of Subhas Chander Bose, Bengal Leftist leader, over the opposition of M. K. Gandhi, the Mahatma withdrew his support from the organization he had long nurtured. Soon most of the other well-known leaders who had worked with Mahatma Gandhi followed suit. For Pandit Nehru, however, there was a difficult choice: he was doctrinally sympathetic toward Mr. Bose but his personal devotion to the Mahatma was intense. He finally chose devotion and, in a bitter letter to Mr. Bose, resigned...
This week the Institute published a summary of that study with considerable evidence to support its theory.** It was written by eight men representing several sciences. Salient conclusions...