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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...financial policy. Over Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamberlain's signature a letter appeared in the London Times, and the country devoured it eagerly. Excerpts: "It may be of interest to record that in walking through St. James's Park today I noticed a grey wagtail. . . . Probably the occurrence of this bird in the heart of London has been recorded before, but I have not myself previously noted it in the Park. P.S. . . . I mean a grey wagtail and not a pied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Courageous Retreat | 6/14/1937 | See Source »

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