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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Lloyd-George, although at present a private individual, can still be taken as representative of a large liberal party in England. Newspaper headlines, still proclaim the possibility of his return to power, due to a deep public dissatisfaction with Premier Baldwin's lack of vigor in dealing with the Ruhr situation. And behind this opinion of the ex-premier stands the opinion of Washington as expressed by Secretary Hughes and President Coolidge. As Lloyd-George says: "the plan is not too late for consideration, and it is absolutely the best hope of the settlement of reparations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FURTHER STATISTICS WANTED | 10/10/1923 | See Source »

...players. As Cousin Sue, who feels "in duty bound" to tell everything she knows in a rather disagreeable fashion, Florence Huntington is so convincing that one hesitates to praise her; her part seems too natural to be acting. The other characters are taken well enough; one feels no particular lack nor any unusual talent...

Author: By A. C. B., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 10/10/1923 | See Source »

...claimed that overproduction and the lack of world markets are responsible for the situation. If such is the case, the above plan, if intelligently carried out, will solve their problems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FARMERS: A Proposal | 10/8/1923 | See Source »

...change in a magazine's form arouses sentiment in readers and argument in editors. Change and lack of change have produced The Saturday Evening Post and The Atlantic Monthly. In the case of The World's Work the change consists of larger pages, which increases the size of margins, the addition of colored illustrations and a special illustrated cover. No alteration was made in typography...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Art vs. Sentiment | 10/8/1923 | See Source »

...alone are concerned, the Premier and the nationals which he represents are turning deaf ears. "We await Germany's acts", says the Premier and goes on to exclaim "with what joy shall we remain silent the day Germany understands; but she has given us dally fresh proof of her lack of understanding". Standing in the village of Ailly Wood in northern France it would indeed be strange if the ruins about him did not, like Caesar's wounds, open their poor dumb mouths and eloquently remind him, if he needed a reminder, of what his nation is owed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRENCH "SERMONS" | 10/5/1923 | See Source »

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