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...American business men want to start immediate competition against Americanized Italian advertising methods, which might affect their foreign trade, they can do so here at home by looking well to the laws that some congressmen would enact in spite of the sagacious protestations of the Secretary of State. F. E. LA CAUZA...
...event of a declaration of war, the property, equally with the persons, lives and liberties of all citizens, shall be subject to conscription for the defense of the Nation, and it shall be the duty of the President to propose, and of Congress to enact, the legislation necessary to give affect to this amendment...
History. In the early 1600's the Thirty Years' War* ravaged Bavaria in which lies Ober-Ammergau. War was followed by the Black Plague, which was worse. To avert the plague, the Ober-Ammergau villagers, meeting in a churchyard, vowed to "enact the Passion-tragedy in honor of the bitter sufferings and death of our dear Lord" every tenth year forever. Fulfillment of the vow began with a play given in the churchyard...
...third annual session of four weeks. President Harry A. Garfield of Williams College opened the Institute. As he pointed out, it is an educational institution, whose members come representing neither governments nor institutions, but as individuals. They have no unifying faith or program; they have no power to enact laws; they do not try to record their opinions by votes or resolutions. They come to hear and take part in discussions of international affairs. For this purpose " round tables " are held where discussion is carried on under leaders in the mornings. There are, besides, regular lectures later...
...lawyers-in-government. "The lawyers enact the laws, interpret the laws and enforce the laws. The Government is a lawyer-government, and we are a lawyer-ridden country...