Word: directe
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Belgians, and the Germans know this, the larger amount, representing the maximum sum Germany will be able to pay, is sure to be brought forward sooner or later. The Germans would simply use the small offer, not as a ballon d'essai, but as a means of inaugurating direct negotiations...
...contract with China by the Peking Government would leave Chinese-American communications entirely in the hands of the British and Japanese. The American State Department has been appealed to, and is standing squarely behind the Federal Company." He goes on to say that the Japanese claim is in direct contradiction to their professed agreement with the open door policy, voiced at the Washington Conference...
Chlorine was found to be a preventative for pneumonia and influenza when it was noticed that men working in the army laboratory where there was a trace of chlorine in the air seemed immune from the prevalent epidemic of those diseases. Lewisite has been used in direct experiment with good results upon persons inflicted with locomotor ataxia. The much abused guinea pig was cured of a severe attack of tuberculosis by inhaling a very small quantity of the burning mustard...
...will be the medium through which a cut in the reparations bill will be accepted. In a speech at London, the Marquis Curzon, British Foreign Secretary, advised Germany to make a definite offer to France and Belgium. This was received in most European capitals, as a possible basis for direct negotiations...
...excitement began when anonymous letters were circulated among the delegates attacking the war record of Mrs. Cook's son. Mrs. Cook made a direct denial of the charges, as did the Pennsylvania delegation. On the night of formal nomination Mrs. Hanger received a great ovation- three minutes of applause and two minutes of cheering. Mrs. Cook's ovation lasted for three minutes, total. Immediately after Mrs. Story was nominated, she rose on a point of personal privilege and withdrew her nomination, releasing her delegates and asking them to vote for Mrs. Cook. The reason she gave was that...