Word: straightened
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There is no doubt that this country, through as able a man as General Crowder, will be able to straighten out Cuba's difficulties. But the mere fact that President Wilson had to send an American to the assistance of President Menocal is enough to prove that the experiment begun by the United States is not yet successfully completed. It shows that whatever action taken concerning Hayti or the Philippines, it must be cautious and taken with the full understanding that our Cuban barometer, after many years of watching, has not yet risen from the "storm" to the "fair weather...
...subject of peace in conjunction with the President's activities is perhaps best passed over rapidly in this country. The Treaty of Versallies was so entangled with the Covenant of the League of Nations that the United States has not yet been able to straighten out the two to its liking. For two years since hostilities ceased we have remained technically in a state of war with Germany while we fought over the peace which our President arranged in Europe...