Word: exert
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...report then goes on to say that the territorial integrity and independence of Korea* was guaranteed in 1882 by 14 nations, among them Japan, who followed " the example of the U. S." "The U. S. agreed that if Korea should be unjustly or oppressively dealt with it would exert its ' good offices.' Yet we find Korea absorbed by the very power which guaranteed its independence, and a people once proud to call themselves Korean citizens now reduced to ' people without a country,' with no one to speak in their behalf...
...this day when investigation into the affairs of Victoria is pursued internationally with as much zeal as scientists exert in ascertaining the private life of the paramecium, it is rather exciting to see her come to life upon the stage. Though the authors (Walter Prichard Eaton and David Carb) protest volubly that the play is not a dramatization of Strachey, it is the readers of his book who will be particularly attracted. The play has caught all the quaint charm of the girl who developed retiring domesticity into a regal legend. It was Strachey who popularized the legend in America...
...people who are able to exert no such pressure that suffer most form the inflated currency. Women workers, students, salaried employes, and people with fixed incomes are especially hard hit by the country's financial disintegration...
...Phillips Brooks House Association with the minister of the church or the head master of the school through which the college men would meet the boys of the community. By means of this contact, through church or school, it is hoped, that each deputation will be able to exert a valuable influence on the boys through athletics, hikes or personal talks, and to stimulate in them a real interest in college...
...many different towns as possible, depurations of four or five men who will meet through church or school the boys of the community. By means of making contact with the boys in their athletics, on hikes, and through personal talks, it is hoped that each deputation will exert some valuable influence upon the boys...