Word: western
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Nearest thing to a Western Hemisphere emergency that most military men imagine is that the Dictators might promote and support a military upheaval in Latin America like the Spanish civil war. Rather than back down because of unpreparedness as Britain was forced to do to Italy in the Mediterranean in 1936, and to Germany at Munich in 1938, an armed U. S. could call the hand of any Dictator who tried to trespass in the 21 Republics of the Western Hemisphere...
...interview with members of the Harvard committee Rowe promised that the Union in Washington, powerful symbol of Western solidarity, would assist the campaign "in every way possible" and complimented the group on the timeliness of their drive...
...year-old former Student Council President and Second Marshal of his class, who also earned letters in track and cross country while in college, will be the third head of the middle-western country day school...
Five and a half years ago Mr. Williamson headed another committee with exactly the same mission. Certain Western and Southern roads had tried cutting fares, had got an immediate rise in passenger revenue. Nonetheless, after due discussion, the Eastern roads decided against slashing the established 3.6?-a-mile coach fare, 4? Pullman fare. Finally, in 1936, ICC ordered them to cut to 2? and 3? respectively. The Eastern roads were furious at the order, would have fought it out in court had not the Baltimore & Ohio refused to cooperate. Passenger revenue, however, jumped as a result of the lower rates...
That looks like a line-up of a typical eastern, western, or southern football team, as the names indicate various nationalities, with descendants of the so-called newer immigrants in the majority. There is even an aspect of all-Americanism...