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...previously obtained assent from the steering committee for the Conference, by a suspension of the rules, to grasp its supreme opportunity of erecting the Pillars of Peace immediately. To observers unfamiliar with the workings of human nature on such occasions, the Conference seemed to rise in a tempest of aspiration toward Peace. At this moment, however, Mr. Oswaldo Aranha, who ordinarily resides in Washington, D. C. and who as the Ambassador of Brazil is a constant professional acquaintance of the Secretary of State, sprang to his feet. His unanswerable argument was that if at a Conference one delegate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Pillars of Peace | 12/14/1936 | See Source »

...this might have been only a tempest in the best journalistic pots of Fleet Street, except that Government departments in Whitehall seethed last week with rumors of personal clashes between Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin and King Edward in Buckingham Palace. A grave impression was produced when an audience which scores of British officials knew Mr. Baldwin had had with Edward VIII was unprecedentedly omitted from mention in the royal Court Circular next morning. British public life moves with such regularity in its accustomed grooves that for the Prime Minister, suddenly by telegraph, to summon members of his Cabinet to drop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Unprivate Lives (Cont'd) | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

...performance. He might film "Othello", if there is a public reaction for it. This play is adaptable for the screen, and many of the wars and battles alluded to could actually be shown. It "Othello", is well received, he plans to go ahead with "King Lear", the "Tempest" or "Macbeth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Debut in Shakespeare Makes Walter Huston Feel Enthusiastic About His Productions in the Future | 12/4/1936 | See Source »

...tempest's teeth had snatched out main telephone lines, necessitated emergency connections. Distant operators relayed the call and in Manhattan a tiny voice answered: "Hello-United Feature Syndicate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Columnist to Columnist | 9/28/1936 | See Source »

TIME'S thanks to Readers Meenk, Luescher and Josephy for having reduced to an absurdity this Fascist-Communist teapot tempest. Facts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 9, 1936 | 3/9/1936 | See Source »

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