Word: switches
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...each other so closely that for minutes at a time His Majesty seemed to be uttering one enormous word. Small League fry had no idea what he was saying, but big League wigs listened through earphones to simultaneous translations of the speech, getting it by the flick of a switch in either French or English. Everyone agreed that it was a great speech-one of the noblest, most factual, irrefutable and moving ever made before the League of Nations. Yet it was totally without effect on Geneva's sleek, hard, slippery statesmen...
...Rejected a proposal to switch control of the Association's $827,000 treasury from the tight, autocratic board of directors to a new board of trustees chosen by the democratic assembly. ¶ Listened to speeches by onetime R publican Representative Burton L. French of Idaho, Democratic Governor Paul V. McNutt of Indiana, Socialist Norman Thomas, refused to pay to have them broadcast. ¶ Voted to oppose "war and military training," but turned down a resolution condemning the Reserve Officers Training ¶ Censured the school boards of Valhalla N. Y., Alexandria, Ind., Corunna, Mich., Lock Haven State Teachers College...
...Assembly of 53 nations meet in Geneva this week and vote rousingly against Il Duce. Last week Dr. Saavedra was furious and in Buenos Aires refused to be interrogated in the Argentine Chamber. His aides waved their hands and said how could he know that the "emotional" British would switch completely around, and how could the whole thing ever be explained to "logical" Argentine public opinion...
...Government have 1½% too. Last week M. Duplessis read a letter from Father Antoine to his son complaining of the annual "annoyance" given him by Government bank inspectors who did not at once understand this arrangement. If this nagging did not stop, said Father Antoine, he might switch his account to another bank. To these revelations, Antoine Taschereau last week replied that he was "not ashamed" of so commonplace a procedure. He formally wrote the Government a check for its back interest but asked a superior court judge for a decision as to whether the Government ought not tear...
...delegations to pledge complete support of the Kansan, forged head when the results of an informal poll of the delegates taken by newspapermen became known. London was critical with 486 votes on the first ballot not counting many of the so called 'favorite son" states which are expected to switch to him. Horah was given approximately 70 votes and Know about the same number in the poll...