Word: vitale
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...charge. "[A judge] may fall into error," said Judge Hincks. "He may be reversed. But ignored-never." The jury did not ignore the Judge, pronounced Messrs. Rand & Bergoff not guilty. Said Mr. Rand, to whom the verdict came as a present on his 51st birthday: "This case is of vital importance to American business." Said Mr. Bergoff: "I'm glad justice has been vindicated...
...enable them to reach their homes in the provinces, urged to clear out of Nanking amid pathetic scenes. One high Chinese official, educated in the U. S. and a pillar of Chiang's regime, wept constantly as he supervised the packing of his ministry's more vital papers, the others being shoveled into enormous bonfires to prevent their falling into Japanese hands...
...Shows Vital Holds...
...With all Europe assuming that Halifax & Hitler will talk over Germany's demands for colonial territory; her aspirations in Austria and Czechoslovakia; and her intentions toward Soviet Russia, now that Germany, Italy and Japan have made an anti-Communist pact (TIME, Nov. 15), King Leopold must discuss these vital matters with Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. His Majesty must seek British assurances that Germany will get none of the Belgian Congo in any case. Especially if there is danger of war in Eastern Europe in the next few years, Leopold III and Mr. Chamberlain have every incentive...
Maya. Most Mexicans are of Indian descent; either pure-blooded or mixed (mestizo). As Indians, their artists have never felt adequately fathered by the Old Masters of Europe. Between 1910 and 1920, when Rivera and fellow Mexicans quit trying to paint like third-rate Spaniards, they claimed as a vital part of their tradition the Maya Indian culture which flourished before the Spanish conquest. But if Maya sculpture and design became art to modern Mexicans, they remained archeology to most of the rest of the world. Last week the first big U.S. exhibition of Maya relics as objects...