Word: projects
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Chester Concessions are a mandate to the American-Turkish Development Company-the Chester concern-to build series of railways across Turkey which will open up the interior of the country and facilitate transportation to the coast. Ports, canals, roads are to be built in addition. The next important project on a long list-at least the press says it is, but it has not yet been officially published-is the rebuilding of Angora on the plan of Washington. The New York Times correspondent says: " It is to be on an heroic scale with all modern require-ments-public buildings, Government...
...scientist, the inventor -have a more genuine grievance against the world. They have erected the edifice of modern civilization, they are responsible for Progress with a capital P, but fame and immortality go to the artists. Because they can paint, write, compose, the artists have been able to project themselves before posterity as the supermen of the race; because they can only build, invent, organize, the business man, the war lord and the scientist must pass into early obscurity. A hundred years from now Stinnes, Basil Zaharoff, James J. Hill, J. P. Morgan and Judge Gary will be familiar...
...HAVEN, CONN., April 10. The Yale Dramatic Association has announced that it will present at the Commencement exercises on June 16 Shakespeare's "King Lear", undertaking the project not only because of the artistic merit of the play, but also because of the general revival of interest in Shakespearian work. Last June, the association gave "Rhesus" of Euripides...
...Allies." The Belgians and Italians are rather nervous about the whole situation. The former are alarmed at the determination displayed by both the French and the Germans, and are frankly pessimistic about the eventual outcome of the occupation. The latter are concerned by the limited results obtained from a project which they had fondly hoped would return them handsome profits, and are alarmed at the prospect that they may be called upon to pay part of the occupation costs. The Fight. Resistance, threats and violence are the order of the day. A requisitioning expedition by the French at Essen ended...
...Japanese battleship Mutzu is reported to have a range of 35,000 yards-5,000 yards greater than that of any American or British ship. In addition, the Japanese are spending $25,000,000 in modernizing their navy. These facts are considered sufficient to warrant the Navy Department project. Whether the proposed change can be made under the Limitation of Armaments Treaty is a question which Secretary Hughes is said to be discussing with the British Foreign Office. Although American Naval officers declare that we are fully within our rights under the Treaty in increasing the range of our guns...