Word: throughness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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In battle, the Japanese, who have modern guns and a vastly superior air force, have won most of the direct engagements with ease. The most successful Chinese tactic is the "scorched earth" policy, which prevents the Japanese from living off the country through which they advance. But in spite of...
Some months ago the U. S. lent $25,000,000 to the Chinese Universal Trading Corp. to finance Chinese purchases in the U. S. Shortly afterward, Great Britain lent $25,000,000 to the Chinese to stabilize the Chinese dollar. With the Chinese treasury thus bolstered, the Japanese yen, whose...
Johann Gregor Mendel (1822-84) was a quiet Moravian monk, who discovered the laws of inheritance by puttering with peas. He showed, for example, that if a "dominant" yellow pea is bred to a "recessive" green pea, all the first generation peas will be yellow, and three out of four...
There have been no attempted thefts at the Louvre since 1911, when an Italian workman walked off with the Mona Lisa. It took the guard several minutes to work himself out of his daze. While the alarms sounded and the detectives hustled through the crowd he remembered a young man...
"I believe it is the most sacred and precious spot at the Fair," cried New York's Mayor LaGuardia at the opening. Precious to the tune of $30,000,000 in insurance, the paintings were hung in a windowless concrete and steel building, thorny with burglar alarms, guarded day...