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...French Government and the city of Paris became aware of the situation and donated to the University of Paris a tract of land opposite the Pare Montsouris, close to the Porte d'Orleans. Sites in this tract were free and 15 foreign countries quickly accepted invitations to build dormitories to lodge their Paris students. There is, however, no U. S. dormitory; nor will there be until the important committee to which Banker Baruch made his donation gets enough money...
...down, and spillways at the foot of the river. The Army figure for this work was $295,000,000. The Senate's elaborations raised the figure to $325,000,000 nominally. The actual cost entailed was estimated as high as $1,500,000,000. It was to pare down and fix the Senate's elaborations that President Coolidge's men fought during the House debates. This fight centred on two points: 1) The extent to which the communities benefited should share the expense with the U. S., and 2) the safeguards the U. S. would receive...
...could greatly pare down the profits of many other automobile concerns. . . . He could occasion widespread unemployment among employes of automobile concerns other than his own. He could turn his attention to lines of" manufacturing other than automobiles. He could take a financial loss for a time which would be large in actuality, but small relatively, and still remain . . . the richest man in the world. He could sell a million cars next year at $100 less than cost per car. Such a program . . . would make a very small net difference in the total value of Mr. Ford's estate...
...bread in the morning and I did not know where to go to sleep that evening. I wandered about in desperation, and presently-cramp in the stomach preventing me from walking any longer-I sat down on the pedestal of the statue of William Tell, which stands in the Pare de Montbenon. My appearance must have been terrible during those terrible moments, for the people who came to inspect the monument scrutinized me with suspicion, almost with alarm. Oh! if De Dominicis had come to preach his moral lessons tome there how gladly I would have laid...
...Pare not only bandaged but healed. As a soldier in the Great War I have experienced on my own body your wise skill. What I have experienced, all the millions of wounded have experienced...