Word: exertion
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...corps diplomatique, began: ''Monsieur le President," and went on in French to extend the Corps' welcome, voicing a hope that the President would guide Germany to prosperity and along the paths of peace. The President began: "Exzellenz," and in Echt Deutsch continued : "I shall exert all of my powers to contribute with earnestness conscientiousness and complete devotion to the solution of the problems of our day and generation...
...cannot make any plans to pay debts over a long period unless she has adequate security against German aggression. The specific objection to the British suggestions for debt payment is that the less Germany pays, the more France must pay; hence France must be in a position to exert any necessary pressure upon Germany...
...country are, in the mood for better plays. And it has been a pleasure to us actors to read the one-act plays that have come from the 47 Workshop, many of them perfect gems. For we realize what a tremendous force for good 2000 James Barries could exert in this country. Naturally, your Workshop could not trun Barries out of the whole cloth, but certainly it has already shown that it has helped at least a few such to find themselves. But at this time it is pathetic, the note of hope that we find in Professor Baker...
Speaking of the influence that the United States could exert toward maintaining world peace, Colonel Kilbourne said that every nation in the world knows that if we throw the weight of our resources on either side in any contest, the side we support will win. "The influence, and power of the United States, if tactfully used, could go a long way toward suppressing wars among the other nations...
...times England warred on the Continent because of this danger, and for the same ample reason she again warred from 1914-18. The question which the chancellories of the world discussed last week was, will Britain agree to join the proposed entente in order to be better able to exert her protecting influence for little Belgium, or, in other words, to strengthen her hand on the Continent...