Word: creation
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Some pay tribute to the late statesman as the originator of the Entente Cordiale, which he was not. The creation of an entente depends, first, on necessity-the ex-Kaiser and German Kultur supplied that; second, on the invitation of one power to another-King Edward VII took the lead there. But Edward the Peacemaker remained king of a "perfide Albion," enemy of France, until Delcassé performed the incredibly great feat of making France accept the entente which was to be her salvation...
What has been accomplished in the United States by the development of National Parks, Monuments and Forests is well-known, and the idea is constantly spreading. The Director of the National Park Service has proposed the creation of several new reservations and constructive work in the parks already existing is going on steadily. The most recent step forward is the passage of a law in Vermont putting a protecting arm around certain wild flowers as the rest of the country is already protecting game. Vermont thus constitutes itself a sort of state wide sanctuary for the wild flowers which...
...this new organization," concluded Judge Stone, "will stimulate discussion in the University on matters of current interest for a period of eight or ten years or even for a college generation, it will well have justified its creation, and will have served a worthy purpose...
...than four and one-half millions over the corresponding figure for 1921, which was $48,205,260.57. Of the increase, over one million dollars came through the payment of Endowment Fund subscriptions and more than a million more in the gift of the Rockefeller Foundation which made possible the creation of the School of Public Health...
...creation of a Railroad Labor Board as a final court of appeal by railroad managements and employees. No arrangement was made for enforcing decisions of the Labor Board except through the weight of public opinion...