Word: offerred
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...world conference with U. S. participation. With tears in his eyes he declared that France would not countenan a reduction of her reparations claim on Germany and would not evacuate the Ruhr until she has been paid "the total of our reparations." He also expected the conferees to offer remedies for the German financial chaos and suggest means whereby Germany can resume payment of reparations...
...Chief Justice Taft, Secretary of Treasury Mellon and a host more people, among whom William Jennings Bryan, who entertained at breakfast. All the conversations were said to have been informal. To reporters Mr. George expressed himself hopeful of the European situation since the Allies had accepted the U. S. offer of mediation on the capacity of Germany to pay reparations, but later waxed sceptical...
Asking only a nominal rental, the Imperial Household of the Mikado offered the U. S. a perpetual lease on a two-acre estate adjoining the site of the old U. S. embassy, in Tokyo, destroyed by fire during the great earthquake. U. S. Ambassador Woods is now en route for his native land with the Japanese offer and plans for a new embassy in his pocket...
...record. The giant airplane is the largest in the world, and weighs nearly 20 tons when fully loaded. But Barling claims he can build a plane four times as large. He could, but it would be scarcely practical to do so. Landing a monster of 80 tons might offer considerable difficulties, and not a flying field in the U. S. is really equipped to receive such a ship as its guest. Moreover, dirigibles improve with size, but airplanes do not. The larger they are, the heavier their structure in proportion to their gross weight. A limit in airplane size exists...
...Moore declared that he intended to offer Coach Slattery a renewal contract on the same terms as those under which he has served in recent-years, and Coach Slattery stated that he intended to sign...