Word: lis
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...France and Germany. Although originally Alsace and the lower Rhine were given to Germany and Lorraine was alloted to France, neither country has been content. The ebb and flow of time has in one century carried the German arms to Verdun and in another advanced the fleur-de-lis or the tricolor to the Rhine and Westphalis...
Ordinarily the life of a diplomat offers much that is attractive to a college graduate. But in the majority of cases the attendant difficulties forbid his participation and he casts Lis lot with an occupation that is more assuring for the future. Our growing trade relations is only one of the many reasons why our position today demands an increasingly competent handling of international affairs. A few tentative steps have already been taken toward the improvement of the consular service. Conditions authoritatively claim an immediate and wide-sweeping reconstruction of that body, the diplomatic corps and their common connections...