Word: exerts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...America has always been and should continue to be a friend to all nations", said Admiral Benson. "In order to continue to exert our powerful influence for good, we must be in a position to assert ourselves. We should abhor force, but we must be ready for what may come...
...Human nature will continue to be influenced by self-interest", said Admiral Benson in conclusion. "America--especially young America--must take a serious view of the international situation and must be ready for any eventuality. I cannot urge you too strongly to exert your influence in national problems and to study the affairs of state...
...raised on ignorance, because there is absolutely no compulsory provision in the President's proposal. " We do not need to submit any case to the Court, unless we feel like doing so. ... No other nation can summon us into court. . . . The Court itself cannot summon us in-nor . . . exert upon us any kind of compulsion, not even moral." It is worth while noting that no politician of any prominence is making this first objection. 2) Those who object to the Court because it is connected with the League of Nations. This group may be considered to include such irreconcilables...
...move along smoothly and taxes aren't heavy, they don't care who rules." So says a returning traveler from Shanghai. It is true that the Government of China at Peking does as much good as a drop of oil on a stormy sea. It tries to exert its calming influence over the whole 3,913,560 square miles of Chinese territory, but the angry waves of resistance caused by the warlike Tuchuns rapidly dispel the feeble efforts of a still more feeble Government. The Tuchuns-military governors -are literally heads of warring factions. The estimated number...
...There came a great change in the early nineties, when it was suddenly discovered that the owners of the newspapers were the masters, that the editor was only a man who was hired and that the owner of a great newspaper was in a position to exert influence over government affairs. The old function of the editor disappeared. He became the servant of the owner, paid far more, writing far worse and not writing what he sincerely believed...