Word: projects
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...bolt of the Socialists was, of course, caused by the fact that Premier Painlevé refused to sponsor wholeheartedly their darling project of a "capital levy." M. Painlevé straddled as widely as he could, and it is reported that he will propose a levy on income so "broad" that it amounts to practically the same thing as one on capital. But that would not suit the Socialists. Why then did not M. Painlevé yield completely and veer to the extreme Left, adding to his support the 100 Socialist votes? Answered the politicians: "He knew that...
Athens is the scene of an archeological project that will rival the late Lord Carnarvon's work in Egypt and that of the Count de Prorak at Carthage. The Greek Government (doubtless beholding the influx of tourist money to Egypt) offered to buy and raze some 20 blocks in the business section of Athens and give the right of excavation to the American School of Classical Studies* (backed by 40 U. S. institutions). Twenty to 30 feet beneath the tract lies the Athenian market-place as it was known by Themistocles, Plato, Demosthenes, et al., in whose...
...utterly impossible for them constructively to give us what we fundamentally need in any other way, but it is possible for Borah and others in the strategic position in the Senate to obstruct and thwart this most fundamental project. There is genuine danger that they will do so unless the practically unanimous approval of the United States becomes sufficiently vocal. I believe the students of our universities, many of whom are already voters and the rest of whom will soon become so, can assert a tremendous influence with the Senate especially by writing personal letters to their own Senators...
Various plans have been proposed recently to relieve the congestion of traffic around the University. One was to cut a street through the Delta connecting Broadway and Oxford Street. It is unlikely that this project will ever be carried through...
...Berlin, not only the complete cast but even the stage hands and everyone connected with the mechanics as well, were students in the universities. Of course in the Continental cities and especially in Germany, where the Miracle was regarded as a great civic enterprise rather than an individual project for material gain, college and university students were better able to give freely of their time than any one else," continued Mr. Gest...