Word: projects
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...miles south of Munich, high in the mountains, is the Walschensee- a lake. In 1918, the Bavarian Government decided to turn its vast water supply to the manufacture of power. Construction of a colossal plant began and is now nearing completion. This giant waterpower project will be the largest in Europe and is designed to operate all the Bavarian State railways by electricity and to supply vast units of power for private enterprise. So great will be the power available from the plant that some of it is expected to find its way to Austria and Württemberg...
...vote of the New York State and New Jersey Tunnel Commission the Hudson River vehicular tunnel, holed through on October 29, has been named the "Holland Tunnel" in memory of Clifford Milburn Holland '06, who was chief engineer in charge of the project...
...Singapore naval base was a Conservative project, which was shelved by the Labor Government. It is important to bear in mind that there is a large dock at present at Singapore, but its accommodations are insufficient for many or large battleships...
...parliamentary system, which has no roots in the political nature of the people, is universally distrusted by those who seek reform. The representative assembly has been used by unrecognized politicians as a springboard to project them into the charmed circle of successful ringsters. The policies of the country are dictated by alternating clans, surviving from the old classification of nobles, who use the imperial throne as a shrouding curtain for their intrigues. But the most ominous political portent is not distrust in the obviously transplanted institution of parliament, but the total absence of any temperate party which looks...
...conditions, I can understand how you may feel justified in not keeping your offer open for a longer period. I trust, however, that should the Congress conclude that it is best to restore this property to private ownership, you will at that time renew your interest in the project...