Word: apt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...squalid little Near Eastern states know that Mr. Crane was their friend as American Commissioner on Mandates in Turkey (1919); and he was a most popular U. S. Minister to China (1920-21). Throughout the U. S. almost any dainty faucet, bathroom jigger or giant sewer valve is apt to bear the impress CRANE. Therefore it was matter of interest and concern to millions when, last week, the automobile of Charles Richard Crane was savagely fired upon by Arabian bandits, 60 miles south of Basra, Irak...
...without Mustapha Kemal Pasha. At the same time it may be doubted whether the immediate accomplishments of the regime are not too dearly bought. The suppression of free expression and the department of the people from the work of government of the people from the work of government is apt to retard rather than further the national development in the long run. If institutions are really the expression of the social organization it is hardly conceivable that the system should continue long after the country has been restored to health. In short, it is difficult to see how dictatorships could...
...When Queen Mary is getting into a temper she is apt to purse her lips and whistle softly; 2) Edward of Wales is commonly called by Palace minions "the young...
...flow of gifts to the universities of the country for building, research and other purposes, less spectacular needs are apt to be overlooked. The recognition of the importance of securing financial security for the class that is notoriously one of the poorest paid is welcome to all those interested in the progress of American education. Any steps towards building up this weakest link in the system as it stands today are valuable, and Yale is to be congratulated on having instituted such a valuable endowment. It comes after a series of salary raises, and should help carry on the progress...
...pistol, it rode on horses by night and it took Negro Shepherd away from the State of Mississippi and dealt with him after its own fashion. In Mississippi, Blacks outnumber Whites by almost nine to eight. Where there are nine Black Men to eight White Women, the People is apt to find excuse for making an occasional example. Meanwhile the State of Mississippi took no proceedings against its People. Governor Bilbo said he had neither time nor money to investigate 2,000 persons. A coroner's jury, looking into the death of Negro Shepherd, decided that he had died...