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الصفحة 1922
... became chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee , left vacant by the death of Senator Bacon of Georgia . The award of the Nobel Peace Prize was made to Senator Elihu Root for the year 1910. The prize was not announced until the end ...
... became chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee , left vacant by the death of Senator Bacon of Georgia . The award of the Nobel Peace Prize was made to Senator Elihu Root for the year 1910. The prize was not announced until the end ...
الصفحة 1936
... became dry by constitutional amendment at the November election . In December negotiations were practically com- pleted with the Danish government for the purchase of the islands of St. Thomas , St. Croix , and St. John which were in ...
... became dry by constitutional amendment at the November election . In December negotiations were practically com- pleted with the Danish government for the purchase of the islands of St. Thomas , St. Croix , and St. John which were in ...
الصفحة 1941
... became rarer as naval ex- perts learned of ways to meet the danger of the new warfare . Germany realized soon that her policy of " attrition " was not to succeed . Her hope that by submarine destruction of English war - vessels the ...
... became rarer as naval ex- perts learned of ways to meet the danger of the new warfare . Germany realized soon that her policy of " attrition " was not to succeed . Her hope that by submarine destruction of English war - vessels the ...
الصفحة 1950
... troops stationed there for training became mutinous and killed several of the officers and citi- zens of Houston , Texas . They were quickly con- trolled and the court martial was swift and sum- mary 1950 HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN NATION.
... troops stationed there for training became mutinous and killed several of the officers and citi- zens of Houston , Texas . They were quickly con- trolled and the court martial was swift and sum- mary 1950 HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN NATION.
الصفحة 1959
... became important in the conduct of the war . Better , faster and more power- ful machines were being built and their uses became more varied . At the beginning of the war they were used mainly for observation but they began to be used ...
... became important in the conduct of the war . Better , faster and more power- ful machines were being built and their uses became more varied . At the beginning of the war they were used mainly for observation but they began to be used ...
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الصفحة 1952 - The object of this war is to deliver the free peoples of the world from the menace and the actual power of a vast military establishment controlled by an irresponsible government...
الصفحة 2103 - House, in which case they shall be appointed by ballot; and if, upon such ballot, the number required shall not be elected by a majority of the votes given, the House shall proceed to a second ballot, in which a plurality of votes shall prevail; and, in...
الصفحة 1943 - In accordance with the general principles of visit and search and destruction of merchant vessels recognized by international law, such vessels, both within and without the area declared as naval war zone, shall not be sunk without warning and without saving human lives, unless these ships attempt to escape or offer resistance.
الصفحة 1952 - Punitive damages, the dismemberment of empires, the establishment of selfish and exclusive economic leagues, we deem inexpedient and in the end worse than futile, no proper basis for a peace of any kind, least of all for an enduring peace.
الصفحة 1952 - We cannot take the word of the present rulers of Germany as a guarantee of anything that is to endure, unless explicitly supported by such conclusive evidence of the will and purpose of the German people themselves as the other peoples of the world would be justified in accepting.
الصفحة 2059 - The votes are transmitted, sealed up, to the capital and there opened by the president of the Senate in the presence of both Houses and counted.
الصفحة 1945 - I advise that the Congress declare the recent course of the Imperial German Government to be in fact nothing less than war against the Government and people of the United States...
الصفحة 2086 - The Senate now contains many men of great wealth. Some, an increasing number, are senators because they are rich ; a few are rich because they are senators ; while in the remaining cases the same talents which have won success in law or commerce have brought their possessor to the top in politics also. The great majority are or have been lawyers ; some regularly practise before the Supreme Court.
الصفحة 2119 - Under the system of congressional finance here described America wastes millions annually. But her wealth is so great, her revenue so elastic, that she is not sensible of the loss. She has the glorious privilege of youth, the privilege of committing errors without suffering from their consequences.
الصفحة 2198 - In every Territory, as in every State, the executive legislative and judicial departments are kept distinct. The Executive consists of a governor, appointed for four years by the President of the United States, with the consent of the Senate, and removable by the President, together with a secretary, treasurer, auditor, and usually also a superintendent of public instruction, and a librarian.