Word: tasks
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Prefect, successively, of the Departments of the Aube, Doubs and Nord. After that he joined the Corps Diplomatique. He became French Minister Plenipotentiary to Tunis; Ambassador to Madrid, Constantinople and, in 1898, Ambassador to London, where he lived during the reigns of Queen Victoria, Edward VII, George V. His task at London was not simple. The Fashoda incident* was a sore point between France and Britain; but this pearl of ambassadors finally managed to smooth things over, and if not too well, he at least avoided a rupture of peaceful relations. . He was now free to start the greatest work...
...present position of Reserve earnings is due to several factors. The Reserve Banks erected large buildings, the cost and maintenance of which have added to their expenses. The task of warehousing the tremendous gold resources of the system is expensive and without profit. Moreover, the steady import of gold, along with other factors, has enabled the member banks to pay off their debts to the Reserve Banks whose current earnings have in consequence declined. To operate at a profit the twelve Reserve Banks must have about $1,000,000,000 outstanding in loans; the last earning statement showed earning assets...
...speech, and other comparable characteristic are, if persistent checks on full mastery in teaching; not so much, so, however, as such things as over self-confidence conceit, and prolix fluidity of utterance. My own observation leads me to believe that if one has enthusiasm, selfless consecration, to his task, robustness of mental outlook, and keeps his mind on the fellow that he is trying to teach, diffidence, self-consciousness, and hesitance will in time yield place to power. It is the enduring attitude with which one goes at his job that counts most...
Coach Leader of Yale is taking a task upon himself rarely assumed by a Yale coach heretofore. He will enter the Yale university crew in the Olympic trials on June 14 in Philadelphia, which means that he will change the Yale eight from a long distance crew to a sprint crew for the Olympics and back again into a long distance eight in time to row the University on June...
...Blue Point is difficult enough, but to tease them into falling in love seems absurd. And when it comes down to imploring a Cape Cod or a Blue Point to notice the existence of the bourgeoise such as the East River family, or the "sidey" Chesapeakes, the task appears wholly ridiculous. Oysters are very snobbish and clannish. A Cape Cod never by any chance received an equally aristocratic Blue Point, and vice versa. Nevertheless, the State Conservation Commission is determined to democratize oysterdom...