Word: reflective
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...case for Peru is that she claims that "the only just plebiscite, preserving the legal and moral interests of both Chile and Peru under the Treaty of Ancon, would be one which would reflect the conditions as to population prevailing in 1894." Continuing, the brief explains that the seizure of territory constituted " the greatest war indemnity the world has ever known." Peru claims, moreover, that the population of the two provinces was overwhelmingly Peruvian down to 1910, therefore "the plebiscite contemplated by the Treaty may for all practical purposes be regarded as having been held, and to have resulted virtually...
France, it seems, has lately become cognizant of the sensational success of Eleonora Duse, Italian tragedienne, at whose feet some $10,000 worth of homage is being thrown two afternoons a week. This, reflect French managers, is an invaluable advertisement for Italy. "We, too, shall enter the international advertising game. Réjane shall go." Last week a representative of the French legation in Washington went quietly up to Manhattan and opened negotiations...
These heavy dividends reflect directly the large corporate earnings generally experienced during 1923, but have been construed to reflect the confident attitude of business men generally toward conditions during the coming year. Stock dividends can of course be largely attributed to the desire of companies to capitalize their surplus before new corporate taxes are devised...
...political situation in Britain was described as one of extreme peril for the Baldwin Ministry. Mr. Baldwin is generally thought to have been a failure by sections of the press, including certain of the Conservative journals, which reflect, to some extent, the attitude of the House. The reasons upon which criticism is based are that the Premier has conspicuously failed in the conduct of foreign policy and in proposing any fundamental palliative to the unemployment problem...
Conditions at the fair reflect the general economic depression of the country. Few sales were reported. The only foreigners that went to Leipzig were speedily frightened away by the appalling prices demanded for hotel accommodation. Many exhibitors closed their stands before the fair officially came...