Word: aids
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...part played by Elihu Yale in aiding the university which now bears his name was a large one for his aid came at a time when it seemed that the New World educational venture must go under due to lack of funds...
...Auntie Most Everything') informed its select coterie of listeners-in of my misfortune and intimated that it was only the expected retribution for the number of 'questionable' productions of mine on Broadway (Lulu Belle, etc.). News of this will undoubtedly be a great aid to my rapid recovery...
...Archbishop Polycarpos, Metropolitan of Xanthi, Greece, in his formal robes, thanked President Coolidge for U. S. aid in the Near East...
Meanwhile, President Diaz of Nicaragua, who, with the aid of U. S. marines, saw a victory over the Liberals looming, outlined a peace plan for his citizens...
Professor Haring continued to explain that the new government asked for financial aid, which it obtained from the New York bankers. Faced with revolution, the conservative government in 1912 again asked for assistance, and a legation guard was stationed at Managua. The alternative was a recurrence of political and financial anarchy. The marines stayed from 1912 until 1924 and their presence helped maintain order, although it caused resentment in Central America and evoked the cry of "dollar imperialism." In 1919 Nicaragua was able to buy back her railway and in 1924 her bank which had been controlled...