Word: civilization
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Gettysburg in 1863. In his speech, President Coolidge called Abraham Lincoln "one of the greatest men ever in the world." Then he dipped into figures and said that the U. S. had given between six and seven billion dollars, in pensions and gratuities, to service men of the Civil War. For service men of the last War, five billions have been set aside in a decade, he said. "All the countries on earth in all their history, all put together, have not done as much...
...brainy virtuoso, impatient of masters, who studied to be a civil engineer, switched to and succeeded in the law, switched to and succeeded in public utilities, switched to and dazzled the oldsters in politics (he managed McKinley's Illinois campaign for Mark Hanna), switched to banking and excelled at that (U. S. Comptroller of Currency, 1897-1902; founder and head of the Central Union Trust Co.; urged by Andrew Mellon in 1920 for Secretary of the Treasury). He did the War purchasing for his boyhood friend, General Pershing; then straightened out the Federal Budget system; then devised the plan...
...restored to his constitutional office in 1922, but now the coups d'état are merging into civil war, and Li, the last constitutional President of China, is deposed again...
...evacuation carried out by the great Marshal Chang Tso-lin. Scarcely a retreat, and in no sense a rout, the War Lord's departure took on the semblance of a stately pilgrimage. The event was of paramount importance because, for the first time in the present decade of Civil War, it can now be substantially claimed that all of China proper is under a single regime-the Nationalist Government, founded by the late, famed and revered Dr. Sun Yatsen, and led to victorious dominion by its present Generalissimo, slender, modest, democratic Chiang Kaishek...
...work done at Squam Lake will count as a course towards the degree in the College or Engineering School. Students concentrating in Civil and Mining Engineering are required to attend at least one camp during their course. Men in the College who are taking engineering courses may attend but are not required...