Word: maintaining
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Peace: "I think I may say that I have witnessed as much of the horror and suffering of war as any other American. From it I have derived a deep passion for peace. . . ." Will cooperate with the League in science, etc. ". . . But we must and shall maintain our naval defense...
...flame of deep religious passion enkindle your souls, as this alone can maintain a high tradition for the Olympic Games and realize their sublime ideal."-Baron Pierre De Coubertin, at the opening of the IXth Olympiad in Amsterdam, Holland, last week. It was he who was chiefly responsible for the revival of modern Olympiades in 1896. "Once again it's America against the world."-Typical statement in U. S. newspapers. And so the IXth Olympiad opened in Amsterdam's red brick stadium in the presence of Prince Consort Henry and Master of Ceremonies Baron A. Schimmelpenninck...
...achieved international significance under President Obregon. His policy was dual, and shot through with the inconsistency of genius. On the one hand he whooped Mexican nationalism and trod on the toes of U. S. investors by commencing to enforce the Constitution; and on the other hand he sought to maintain cordial relations with the statesmen of Washington...
...born, and as they clattered past the murdered Monk's house, the Tsaritsa Alexandra waved to his daughter, Mme. Soloviev, who was standing in the doorway. Boris Soloviev, was serving at this time as a secret emissary between the Tsar and his White Russian adherents. Some historians maintain that he betrayed a project for the rescue of the Imperial Family to the Bolsheviki, thus precipitating the mass murder of the Romanovs, at Ekaterinburg, on July...
Ceiling, absolute: Maximum height at which a given airplane could maintain horizontal flight...