Word: attachments
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Johonn Buddenbrook, the Younger. The son of old Johann. More refined than Johann, he is just as able. His only trouble is that he believes God is personally supervising all the decisions he makes. A belief which sometimes leads him to attach undue importance to them...
...regret that this unfortunate incident should have occurred," wrote Secretary of State Hughes. Thus did Uncle Sam address the Hungarian Legation at Washington-in reply to a protest from Count Szechenyi, Hungarian Minister-because an unwary prohibition agent committed a "violation of the domicile" of Andor de Hertelendy, Attaché of the Hungarion Legion. Nothing of an incriminating nature transpired...
...they declared, operates against students outside of New England, where there are inferior opportunities for preparing for the examinations, and, in addition, it fails to measure the significant qualities of character and potentiality. Declaring that "requirements of character are needed rather than mere set mechanical requirements," they proposed to attach more weight to opinions of headmasters on prospective entrants and to interview personally each candidate...
...wars have their endings, they have also their beginnings. The Great War brought Mr. Rathom more publicity, not all of it of a desirable character, however. He began an exposure of the German spy system in the U. S., of the activities of Ambassador Dumba and attaché Boy-Ed, partly in his papers, partly in speeches and partly in a series of articles in The World's Work, which, it is said, were stopped abruptly because some of his disclosures were proved fictitious. In the inquiry which followed, he modified some of his statements and retracted others...
...Chancellor was at one time an attaché in the German Embassy at Washington under Count von Bernstorff, in which capacity he acted as fiscal agent of the Wilhelmstrasse (German Foreign Office) and is said to have disbursed $40,000,000 for war propaganda purposes. His last appointment was as Minister of Finance in the Cuno Cabinet...