Word: asia
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...today for America to take her part in the world as a power and as a deciding factor. In no better way can she do this than to assume a mandate over Turkey, to bring order from chaos, and to develop the rich lands that lie practically untouched in Asia Minor...
Another teacher to make the supreme sacrifice, Richard Norton, educator, is to have a memorial service on Saturday. The same zeal that carried him to Asia in the cause of science made him one of the first American volunteers in France, in the early part of 1914. The ability which he showed in organizing and leading expeditions of research made possible later, the success of his greater effort...
Located on Asia Minor Coast...
...Dodecanesian Islands are situated on the western coast of Asia Minor, and although the population is almost entirely Greek, formerly belonged to Turkey. In the Turko-Italian war of 1912, they were seized by Italy, and in spite of frequent protests by the inhabitants, have remained in the possession of that country ever since. The name Dodecanesian, meaning 12 islands, does not appear on any map, for the term has only recently come to be applied to this group of islands...
...flames. That is simply impossible. The policy of Washington and Jefferson applied to the conditions and times of Washington and Jefferson. The Monroe Doctrine was necessary when it was possible for the United States-to keep out of world politics. A country like ours, with possessions in Asia, in the North Pacific, in the Caribbean, in Central America, simply cannot carry out a policy of isolation. Nor can the richest country in the world, with enormous products and exports, with nearly fifteen million foreign born persons living within our boundaries, communicating daily with swift ships to all parts...