Word: granted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Finally His Majesty announced himself willing to accept supervision of the entire Empire of Ethiopia under League of Nations' auspices. But Haile Selassie "would not grant Italy a preponderance of strength or influence...
...group was well received wherever it went. President Lebrun was kind enough to grant an audience to the visitors and chat with them for a while. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs planned the available time to the best advantage and other organizations, such as the Touring Club of France and the Automobile Club, co-operated to add to the enjoyment of the visit...
...This grant means that the bureau will continue to increase the research activities," said Miller McClintock, director of the bureau since its establishment. "Many of the principles of traffic control as now applied professionally throughout the field were developed in Harvard University. This expansion of activities is a reflection of the importance of this phase of research and training. "It is indicative of the significance which the traffic problem has assumed in American life and of the advances which have been made in developing technique for the reduction of traffic accidents and of congestion. There is now a wide demand...
ULYSSES S. GRANT-William B. Hesseltime-Dodd, Mead...
Small, wiry, compensating for his lack of stature with tremendous energy and wholehearted devotion to salesmanship, Mr. Grant can exhort a sales meeting with an eloquence that makes salesmen laugh, cry and sell. He once told a pipe-smoking salesman that the pipe was costing General Motors $5,000 a year in lost sales energy. Last year Mr. Grant received...