Word: upped
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Fifteen years after Wilhelmina ascended the throne World War I began. The British blockade induced a grave food shortage. Trade was completely disrupted and the country was overrun with refugees. Dutch ships were sunk and by 1918 what ships still floated abroad had been seized by the Allies. Only bright...
The peace conference at Versailles brought the threat of the big powers forcing The Netherlands to cede to a reconstituted Belgium the southern portions of Zeeland and Limburg provinces, which lie next to Belgium. This was averted not only by the Queen's dramatic tour of these provinces but...
Hong Kong was once a valve controlling the flow of fabulous trade out of South China. Then the Japanese got a valve of their own farther up the pipe at Canton, and Hong Kong became a comparatively dead city. It is still one of the most beautiful ports in the...
It is not simply a matter of keeping up with the Joneses. It is a question of help ing to keep the little Fuller Brush man out of the Joneses' kitchen for fear that he will soon get into everyone's front parlor.
At this point riot cars full of Schutzstaffeln (Hitler Elite Guards) took over. Rolling up to the university, they unlimbered machine guns, began to haul off "ringleaders." In dormitories, where many who had not turned out for the demonstration were still in their night clothes, some of the students hastily...