Word: fixing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Wherefore, I, Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States, do hereby fix and designate Thursday, the 29th day of November, as Thanksgiving Day. ... In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the United States."? Proclamation made at Washington...
...feeling is the thing that should be developed. This does not mean that we, as a nation, must give up those principles of independence for which we fought with England at the time of the Revolution. That time is past and those problems have been met. Now we must fix firmly the bond of the readjusted relations of friendly equality in place of subservience...
When asked how the proper spirit of friendliness with England could best be established in the minds of the people of this nation General Allen suggested increased relations. "The large majority of the people have nothing on, which to fix their opinions of England," he said. "If they could become better acquainted with that country they would be less critical and would benefit...
Indemnity. In compliance with the united demands of Italy and the Council of Ambassadors in Paris, Greece deposited in the Swiss National Bank the sum of 50,000,000 lire ($2,160,000) as a guarantee for such indemnity as the Council might ultimately fix (TIME, Sept. 24). This sum was paid over to Italy on the orders of the Ambassadors, who found that Greece was dilatory in tracking down the murderers of the Italian mission on the International Commission for the Delimitation of the Greco-Albanian Boundary...
...Greek Government to deposit 50,000,000 lire (about $2,500, 000) in a foreign bank as a guarantee for whatever indemnity the Council shall ultimately fix. (Italy asked 50,000,000 lire outright indemnity...