Word: desiree
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Assistance in securing peace through the League of Nations and World Court. Entry into the League with reservations when a census-referendum, authorized by Congress, shows that the people so desire.
"Respectful of the Constitution of which I ought to be the guardian, I shall never exceed the role which it assigns me* . . . . My most ardent desire is with the aid of Parliament and the country to realize the peace founded on justice which both so much desire, and to that...
The note ended: ". . . I desire once more to emphasize the appreciation on the part of this Government of the voluntary cooperation of your Government in carrying out the Gentlemen's Agreement and to express the conviction that the recognition of the right of each Government to legislate in control of...
The heroine is described as possessing the "composure of a cobra and the face of six or seven madonnas." This generosity in the matter of faces seems somewhat needless, for she could wreak enough havoc with one. Her actions are at times reminiscent of Cytherea. Thus: "Tony [a youth] drew...
An anthology of the best sermons of 1923-24 is now being collected and edited by Joseph Fort Newton, pastor of the Church of the Divine Paternity, Manhattan. The first volume is announced for September publication by Harcourt Brace & Co., who brought out Papini's Life of Christ. The...