Word: scheme
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Council, says: " London is not an ordinary city-it is the heart of the Empire and should be made worthy of it." If a calamity like the Great Fire overtook us again, we should be in exactly the same position, with no definite scheme of rebuilding to turn to and no Christopher Wren to devise a scheme as he did at the request of Charles...
...creation of a separate Rhineland state, immediate negotiation with the Germans and the formation of an industrial ministry under the leadership of Loucheur. Poincaré was too strong. It was felt that an attack on his Ruhr policy would be tantamount to admitting the weakness of France. The scheme was dropped. Another plan is on foot, however, to force the Premier to resign on the Near Eastern question; but Poincaré is proving a difficult man to remove, principally because he is backed strongly on account of the Ruhr, and the Near East question is becoming brighter. France cannot afford...
...complaints about ticket allotments, there has been one point of agreement: the only full solution is to create more tickets. Pipe-dreams for enlarging the stadium have been plentiful but not practical. Now that a definite scheme has been proposed and is actually under consideration, there is ground for optimism. The question may be raised whether such an expenditure at this time is desirable; the answer, that the addition will eventually pay for itself in extra receipts, seems satisfactory...
...case, the idea of enlarging the Stadium will appeal to everyone. The only questions are the practicability and the effect a decade hence. A small addition will soon be outdated, and once the end is closed, it will be hard to find another means of expansion. Yet the larger scheme is perhaps not feasible. Major Moore's idea, with or without amendments, deserves hearty encouragement. One thing definite may be said: action is wanted at once. It will be unfortunate if this latest proposal, like the swimming pool before, is delayed by lack of agreement among the authorities...
Angora has no decent hotels and there is a dearth of houses; so when 35 representatives of European business interests in Turkey announced their intention of going to Angora to settle directly the economic clauses of the peace treaty, the Turkish Government was worried. The Imbrie scheme gave them an idea. They are fitting up a train of passenger cars as living quarters for the busy business delegates...