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...question of French occupation of the Ruhr the English have become more and more condemnatory of France. Whether a dearth of Ruhr trade and flattened English pocket-books have given rise to this attitude is a nice point for speculative minds. At any rate, that this attitude now exists ins an establish of fact, especially since Lord Curzon's vigorous message on the subject sent to Premier Poincare a few weeks ago. America, though assuming the pose of the onlooker with his feet well out of all dust and dirt, is perhaps inclined to favor the French action. Therefore each...
Angora has no decent hotels and there is a dearth of houses; so when 35 representatives of European business interests in Turkey announced their intention of going to Angora to settle directly the economic clauses of the peace treaty, the Turkish Government was worried. The Imbrie scheme gave them an idea. They are fitting up a train of passenger cars as living quarters for the busy business delegates...
...this form of rowing. Last year the record showed that sculls were taken out from the Newell and Weld boat houses more than 5,000 times. These figures naturally recall the days of 1876 when the college publications used to bemoan the fact that there was such a dearth of "pleasure-rowing" among undergraduates. Then there was the annual regatta in which scullers took part, as well as the Scratch races on the Charles. Their popularity was so distinctly feeble, that in the spring of '76, when only two candidates reported for the sculling championships, the Advocate began to view...
...Philippines could be given their independence now, if necessary", said Mr. Forbes, "but the many disadvantages of this are obvious. The majority of the natives of the islands are illiterate, and, since they are not able to read newspapers, there is a dearth of intelligent public opinion among the great part of them. There is a certain amount of danger, therefore, if the Philippines get their independence at the present time, that the educated few would get almost autocratic control...
...comes from the pure love of knowledge and the desire to so train himself as to extend that knowledge and beautify a world too conscious of its more unpleasant aspects. Develop such a spirit, and America would no longer suffer from a dearth of artistic genius; and could take her place with the older nations at the table of the arts as well as in the factory and scientific laboratory...