Word: mapped
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...summer vacation, and on their return their enthusiasm has been somewhat puzzling to their friends. They have been full of their experiences, but their descriptions have usually fallen short of the facts. Few listeners have more of an idea of Labrador than a vague name on the map of North America, and it is to them that Doctor Grenfell will turn tonight when he speaks of the fascination of his work and what it is accomplishing...
...attempt to educate a people to take care of themselves, and to make the most of the world in which they live. In laying the foundation for a greater Labrador--a province which will represent more than a mere triangle on the upper-right-hand part of the map, it is "missionary work" in its highest and most practical sense...
There are many "ifs"; if the British can keep the two little kingdoms from wiping each other off the map, they may merge eventually into one strong state. If Irak remains in sane hands. Bagdad may again become the centre of a culture that rivalled Alexandria in the height of its glory. If the Bedjas maintains an enlightened policy towards the Holy Cities of Mecca and Medina, the door is left open for the expansion of Mohammedanism. At any rate the chance is here for an Arabian Renaissance, and the Arabs are being given a free hand to make...
After four years of conferences, wranglings, and partially or barely averted hostilities, the brotherhood of nations has only succeeded in storing up enmities enough to blow Europe off the map. France and England are eyeing each other fiercely, lest either obtain more than her share of influence or power. Italy has recently acquired a government decidedly hostile to the United Kingdom. And Turkey with almost diabolical genius is taking full advantage of the disturbances. "States powerful enough to make demands need not feel bound by promises," argues Mustapha Kemal from Constantinople; and his representatives at the approaching Lauzanne conference...
There will be a meeting of the Mathematical Club of Harvard University tonight at 8 o'clock in the Common Room of Conant Hall. Dr. Philip Franklin will speak on "The Four Color Map Problem...