European theatre

Winston Churchill s wife, Clementine, a Commander of the Order of St. John, served as the Chairman of the Red Cross Aid to Russia Fund from 1939-46. The same uses of the "Red Cross" cover for intelligence operations is implicit in the fact that a direct descendant of King Robert Bruce of Scotland, David Bruce, was the Chief Representative of the American Red Cross in Britain in 1940, and one year later, in 1941, became head of Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Operations in the European Theatre the same David Bruce, during the Nixon Administration years, was selected by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to be Chief of the U.S. Mission to the People s Republic of China from 1973-74, and then became U.S. Ambassador to NATO from 1974-76. 23. For example, in his April 1938 Annual Report to the Shareholders of Rio Tinto, chairman Geddes noted that ... 

Bond clearly has a strong sense of participating in a significant historical project in terms of his writing and its contribution to the historical narrative of European theatre. This he pursues with tenacious, unyielding intensity and integrity. For Bond to initiate and articulate a project on this scale without acknowledging the... 

Gas was used in another non-European theatre. In May 1938 the Chinese government informed the League that Japan was preparing to use gas against their country. By the end of September allegations of Japanese use of poison gas were sufficiently serious for the League to propose an investigation. There seems to have been little doubt... 

He became interested in this chemical about 1818 and in the next twelve years worked out the basic technology for production and suggested most of the possible uses as indicated by his study of its properties. Under royal edict, it was used for a time to protect the stages and curtains of theatres from catastrophic disasters by fires current at the time. Kuhlman in France for a period took up the leadership in European development, but von Fuchs in 1855, just before he died in 1856, wrote a full report on his work and suggestions for use of soluble silicates and this was widely read.( )... 

European theories of the theatre were equally important. Bertolt Brecht and Antonin Artaud had opposing views about the proper relationship between performers and spectators, but both saw non-Shakespearean Renaissance drama as a possible model. Artaud cited John Ford s Tis Pity... 

WD Memo W-700-8-42, 10 Oct 42, sub Sup of Overseas Depts, Theatres, and Separate Bases. Stockages in the United States were likewise extremely limited. For example, the total mask stockage, including that in the continental United States, in late 19411 was 2,85j.foo. an amount almost a million less than the war-end stockage of the lightweight service mask in the European Theater of Operations alone. 

Stewart L (2008) The laboratory, the workshop, and the theatre of experiment. In Bensaude-Vincent B, Blondel C (eds) Science and spectacle in the European Enlightenment. Ashgate, Aldershot, p 20... 

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