Word: america
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...canal would unite more closely our Pacific and Atlantic coasts. - (2) It would furnish a strategic point for naval operations: J. F. I. CXXXIV, 128. - (b) Commercial advantages. - (1) It would develop the Pacific coast. - (2) It would stimulate our commerce by opening new markets in South America and Japan; Warner Miller, Forum XII 714; Judge Estee in "Proceedings of Nicaragua Canal Convention...
...construction and maintenance of the Canal by the United States government would be unwise. - (a) As a foreign policy. - (1) First step towards acquisition of territory in Central America; Ho. Reports 50, Cong. 2 Sess. No. 4167. p. 7. - (2) It would lead the country into complications abroad; Cleveland's First Annual Message 1883. - (b) as an industrial policy - (1) It would open the door to fraud and corruption. - (2) The Government has never shown fitness for industrial and commercial undertakings: Quar. Jour. Econ. I. 169; Polk's First Annual Message, (1845) Pol. Sci. Quar...
...Conrad Bierwirth is a very interesting article. Its attraction consists not so much in the information about the poet as in his interesting historical connections and his strong personality. Seumer was the son of a poor man, but he succeeded in obtaining a good education. He was taken to America with the Hessian mercenaries in 1780, then a year or two later returned to Russia, where he became implicated in the troubles between Russia and Poland. Fate never favored him - "the irony of fate twice enlisted the most ardent lover of freedom against freedom's own cause, in America...
...third Winter Meeting promises to be by all odds the most interesting of all. Mr. Robert Stoll of the New York Athletic Club, champion of America on the flying rings, has been invited to contest and has accepted. There will also be a fencing bout between skilled fencers. As some of the best men in college have not yet handed in their names, the entries will be left open until today at seven o'clock. This applies particularly to the flying rings, club swinging, and fence vault...
...during these 27 years the Institute of Technology has been a potent factor in the development of the educational system of America; if it has led the world in the introduction of laboratory practice in general chemistry, in physics and in metallurgy; if it has done well by its great army of students; if it has opened successful careers to hundreds upon hundreds of young men; if it has contributed freely to the development of the industries of Massachusetts and of New England; if it stands today the largest, most complete school of its class anywhere to be found...