Word: portions
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...phase which it has assumed since the war. There is discussed so contemporary a subject as cancellation of the Allied indebtedness, and for this as for the others a very useful bibliography is appended. Such material fills over half of the volume, and constitutes by far its more valuable portion...
Accordingly the Guild has embarked upon the dangerous seas of touring repertory. In Basil Sidney they have selected a singularly able actor as the company's cornerstone. Preliminary reports indicate that the tour is finding favor. Open hands and crowded houses are the portion of its deserts...
...Philippine Islands present to American investors one of the most fertile fields for investment in the world today", said Mr. Pedro Guevara, Filipino commissioner in Washington, when asked recently to comment on economic conditions in the islands. He continued: "But a small portion of the 65,000,000 acres of land that can be cultivated is now producing. I would place the figure at about 12,000,000 acres. Small though this number may seem, it is nevertheless supporting a population of nearly 11,000,000 people. When one considers the ratio 12 to 65, one can see that...
...Machinery, factories, and industry as they are commonly thought of by Americans, scarcely exist, and what there is of them is centered in Manila. There we have factories for the manufacture of cigars and cigarettes, for the refining of a portion of our raw sugar, and for the manufacture of hemp into cloth. But large scale industry is little known there. The development of the country has not reached that stage which requires...
Steadfast. A short life and an unhappy one was the portion of this curious discussion of Jewish religion. Though Frank McGlynn (Abraham Lincoln man) tried hard to make the central character convincing, the play took its leave after six days' discouraging display...