Word: politicians
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Bryan. ... he "has showed himself for what he is-an American politician, vacillating, uncertain, overlooking the fundamental things, ignorant of the forces that are shaping American public life, incapable of thinking in terms of reality, but making phrases as a substitute for thought...
Ismet Pasha, General, statesman, politician and head of the Turkish delegation at Lausaune, gave evidence of Turkish intractibility by informing Joseph C. Grew, the United States Observer, that Turkey would cancel the Chester concession if America insisted upon special rights for her citizens in Turkey. Grew replied tersely to the effect that nothing would deter him from protecting United States citizens and their commercial interests...
...considerably increased his prestige by his handling of the budget. 2) Lord Derby, the Secretary of State for War. Lord Derby's knowledge of the continent and his known sympathetic understanding of the Ruhr problem would make him a popular candidate. He is also regarded as an excellent politician, having held many important Cabinet posts in former Governments. 3) Lord Curzon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, who, while his valuable qualities are appreciated, has gained much unpopularity from his handling of the first Lausanne Conference. Anything calculated to remove him from the Foreign Secretaryship might conceivably meet with...
...Walker, a prominent politician, advocate of the League of Nations and practicing attorney, then addressed the gathering. Stressing the idea that the establishment of international law obtained by international legislation was the greatest social service now possible, Mr. Walker gave an impressive plea for the establishment of a Court of International Justice...
...Quantities of birth control literature appeared, but, according to reports, was not circulated. Greetings were read from Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, who was one of the founders of the League. ¶ Mrs. Gifford Pinchot, wife of the Governor of Pennsylvania, declared in a speech: " I am a politician of the most hard-boiled and shelled-back variety-and proud of it." ¶ Lord Robert Cecil spoke on the League of Nations and the desirability of the United States entering it. ¶The League, by resolution, pledged its support to the President's World Court proposal as a first step...