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Page 13
... Italians can do nothing without making a deafening noise , the Chinese are addicted to gambling . Obvi- ously such things don't matter in themselves . Nevertheless , nothing is causeless , and even the fact that Englishmen have bad ...
... Italians can do nothing without making a deafening noise , the Chinese are addicted to gambling . Obvi- ously such things don't matter in themselves . Nevertheless , nothing is causeless , and even the fact that Englishmen have bad ...
Page 21
... Italians adopted the goose - step at about the time when Italy passed definitely under German control , and , as one would expect , they do it less well than the Germans . The Vichy government , if it survives , is bound to introduce a ...
... Italians adopted the goose - step at about the time when Italy passed definitely under German control , and , as one would expect , they do it less well than the Germans . The Vichy government , if it survives , is bound to introduce a ...
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... Italy with war materials all through the winter of 1939-40 , although it was obvious to the whole world that the Italians were going to attack us in the spring . For the sake of a few hundred thousand dividend- drawers they are turning ...
... Italy with war materials all through the winter of 1939-40 , although it was obvious to the whole world that the Italians were going to attack us in the spring . For the sake of a few hundred thousand dividend- drawers they are turning ...
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