Word: cation
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...care of them all. Last week President Hoover telegraphed him congratulations on the dedication of the Institute. Secretary Mellon and his brother telegraphed him the promise of $30,000 for a research fellowship. Adolph Lewisohn, Manhattan banker, telegraphed another $30,000. Near Dr. and Mrs. Wilmer at the dedi cation ceremonies sat Mrs. Aida de Acosta Root Breckinridge, wife of Wilson's first Assistant Secretary of War. She raised the $4,000,000 which financed the Institute, because Dr. Wilmer saved her eyesight six years ago. Lacking the necessary millions herself, she coaxed Dr. Wilmers Negro office servant William...
...case they would get 15 billion dollars over 37 years. The first offer (which so enraged the French and British that they almost for got there was a second) provided that if Germany were granted "access to colonial raw material," preferential tariff treatment from the Allies, and "economic communi cation with the detached province of East Prussia, then the Fatherland would pledge unconditional payment of the 15 billion dollars. The second offer provided for pay ment of the same amount but was conditional and so drawn as to provide even more protection for Germany than that country already receives under...
...other important differences in the two systems of education, he pointed out, are accessibility and control Edu cation is practically within the reach of every boy and girl in America, whereas the number of children in Europe who may receive an education is necessarily restricted. High schools in America are controlled by the locality in which they are, but in most European countries, either the Federal or State Government have direct control of the schools
...California corporation, not to be confused with Federal Telegraph Co., a Delaware corporation, which Radio Corporation of America owns. The Delaware Federal Telegraph has valuable communi- cation rights in China. †Western Union has 22,000 main offices, Postal Telegraph 3,000 main offices...
...They must think I'm a bird. It's my feet, my mouth, and my eradi- cation they want. Some of them call me a dumbbell. They will soon find out how dumb...