Word: meetings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Attempts will be made to re-open discussions in Washington this fall, to which the U. S. is not opposed. An effort will probably be made to meet Panaman wishes by according greater trade advantages, as the U. S. regards the war clause as of the utmost importance...
...Mihoseki. The fleet broke up into attacking and defending parties. The defending warships threw out a smoke screen to hide the flashes of their guns. Bombardment be- gan under battle conditions. Cutting through the sea at full speed, the 850-ton destroyers Warabi and Ashi rode out to meet the "enemy," dashing fearlessly through the man-made fog. Out of the gloom rose of a sudden two ironclad monsters, the 6,000-ton cruisers Jintsu and Naka. Too late to turn, useless to reverse en- gines-into the hulking cruisers the tiny destroyers crashed with deaf- ening impact...
...other hand, however, a great deal is being done. The Shannon electricity scheme is proceeding at enormous expense. When completed the Free State will have a large, cheap source of power and there will then, so say observers, be no reason why the industrialists should not meet competition scientifically by modernizing their machinery, much needed in the cotton, poplin and woolen industries. Moves are afoot to exploit scientifically coal and other minerals, and recently a Belgian syndicate received a $5.000,000 subsidy to grow beets for the sugar industry...
...intend to use this incident to force a showdown in the matter of flights in China. We intend to hold the wings. We have not the force to meet British imperialism, but we intend to let the world know what they are doing...
...vibration; a sound like pistons blowing. Goebel and his pilot, W. C. Davis, seized the water bottle and emergency rations and began peering below them for a soft spot in the sea. The brush vibrated itself into sight. They flew on. They saw land. They saw planes coming to meet them. An army flyer circled close and held up one finger. They knew they...