Word: canalized
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...from the land of his ancestors for the Holy Land. Some days later, he arrived at Alex- andria, Egypt's greatest seaport. Thence went he to Cairo, the capi- tal, where he entered a special railway car provided by the Palestine Government and was whisked off across the Suez Canal to Palestine, land of two religions: Judaism, Christianity.* Lord Balfour went to Jerusalem, direct to Government House on the Mount of Olives. On a spur of the Mount of Olives, known as Mt. Scopus, stands the Hebrew Univer- sity which he had come to open?which all Zionist Jewry considers...
TIME, Fort Amador, Canal Zone...
...Providence, consulting engineer and expert on hydraulics, sketched the career of a fellow engineer, witnessed the affection of other engineers for this particular member. Ralph Budd, President of the Great Northern R. R.. lauded the laying out of that road, the planning and organization of the Panama Canal. Roland S. Morris, onetime (1917-21) U. S. Ambassador to Japan, extolled the administration of the Trans-Siberian Railway during the War. Then French, Chinese and Japanese Ambassadors, Mr. Chief Justice Taft, Elihu Root. Robert Lansing and many another had sent complimentary telegrams, letters...
With Ziwar Pasha likely to remain in power, Egyptian policy will endeavor to solve the present knotty problems by friendly methods, while recognizing Britain's right to protect the Suez Canal, "the Gateway to India" and loyally cooperating in the joint administration of the Sudan...
...fundamental trouble with the St. Paul is overcompetition from the Great Northern, the Northern Pacific, the Canadian transcontinental lines and shipping lines through the Panama Canal. The northwest territory is overbuilt with railroads in proportion to its traffic needs; and St. Paul, as the latest comer, has fared worst in competition. President Harry E. Byram naturally is preserving as cheerful a countenance concerning the approaching bond maturity date as he can; and even yet the bonds may be extended or exchanged in some way so as to avoid a receivership. But, since the immediate crisis is financial, the real future...