Word: furthered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Two factors made prudent and possible the act of M. le President: 1) The Bank of France now holds sufficient gold or foreign securities to redeem every centime of the national paper currency, apt to be presented, at its present value of 25 francs to the dollar; 2) So great...
The potent, perambulating Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang, who moves constantly about China with a mobile haste, assembled his generals in Chenchow, Honan Province, last week. To them he read a riot act which amounted to the warning that he will positively capture Peking, next spring, and that thereafter "China will...
Although the Department of State refused to say why, there were two good reasons for raising the ban: 1) French industries are so conservatively managed, offer such sound investment opportunities, that U. S. financiers are impatient to do business with them; 2) Because a French general election looms this Spring...
To amuse his stepson further, Stevenson drew a map of an island, with hidden treasure, which later led to the writing of "Treasure Island." A reproduction of this map is given as the frontispiece of the first edition.
"In the shot put we can compare very favorably with Europe's entrants. Houser from California, winner in the 1924 Olympics, Swartz from Wisconsin, and Kuck from Kansas have all done 50 feet. The scores we have from Europe were the records established a year ago. Vahstedt from Finland ranks...