Word: abroad
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...slavery, but she was also very much in need of cotton and opposed to the United States tariffs; and the problem of keeping England neutral was one of the hardest faced by the Administration. The policy of Seward, secretary of State, seemed to be to embroil the United States abroad, hoping thereby to bring about a reunion at home. Troubled by the actions of his chief minister, Lincoln was plunged into deeper difficulties by the Trent Affair, where Captain Wilks of the United States Navy boarded the British ship "Trent" and took off Mason and Slidell, Confederate commissioners to England...
...business positions of every description; and the newly founded bureau of the Harvard Club of New York, which likewise deals with candidates for every kind of business position. These three together have, for the year of 1913-14, helped 144 men to positions all over the country and even abroad, with an average salary of $1,055 a year. Not only are men helped to find employment, but records are kept of those who are employed, for the purpose of advancing them to better positions. Moreover the offices make no charge for their services...
...least remove any of its distinction. As Max Reinhardt's trusted co-worker, Dr. Ordynski has been a power in putting the staging of plays in Europe where it is today,--fifty years or more ahead of our own. The war has, temporarily, put an end to theatrical activities abroad and, like many of his colleagues, Dr. Ordynski has sought our shores. If it is an auspicious thing for the drama in America, which is badly enough is need of something auspicious, that these men have transplanted their workshop to this country, it is certainly more than fortunate that...
...year,-the production of M. W. Reed's four-act comedy, "In For Himself." new of the strides this organization made since its inception, and of the that Professor Baker's Workshop for the experimental production of in the making has not only made it known throughout this country abroad, but has come to be more thoroughly grasped by all concerned, especially the audience, it is fitting that something be said of its aims and accomplishments...
...conclusion Mr. Guild spoke of President Lowell's suggestion of having a United States Diplomatic Academy for the training of diplomats. Many American representatives abroad today do not even know the language of the country they are in. Such a school on the lines of the United States Military and Naval Academies would probably obliterate many evils in the present service...