Word: furthered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Dispelling most of the reasons yet propounded for the further retention of the Philippine Islands by the United States, Manuel Quezon, leader of the Philippine Senate, said at the Union last night. "We stand by our country, as small as it is, and we want to see the Philippine Islands...
"There need be no military fears if independence were granted," he continued, "for neither Japan nor England would take a country given freedom by the United States, and no other country is strong enough to try. Economically the country is secure and does not need further help from the United...
In this irrigation system the Egyptians have seen a grave danger to their water supply, although the British have repeatedly proved that control of water in the drought seasons by no means meant a diminution of the supply. In the new dam project the Egyptians are therefore likely to see...
"To carry the cheerfulness still further, the new school will be surrounded by a beautiful park, visible from every section of the building, even the inside rooms. If the experiment is successful all new schools here will be built along the same lines."
LAY SERMONS-Margot Asquith- Doran ($2.50). Her alert countenance, her boundless arrogance, her crude curious argot, her inquisitive mind with its eagerness to disclose whatever trifles it may contain, have made the Countess of Oxford and Asquith famous. Her autobiography, published in 1922, was a mansion of closets, each inhabited...