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الصفحة 1928
... received by the coun- try at large with general approval . One of the keen thinkers of the country , he believed absolutely in industrial justice . The appointment was held up in the Senate , much opposition developing . Confirma- tion ...
... received by the coun- try at large with general approval . One of the keen thinkers of the country , he believed absolutely in industrial justice . The appointment was held up in the Senate , much opposition developing . Confirma- tion ...
الصفحة 1951
... received from the enemy . War missions had come to this country from al- most all of the Allies . The end of August found the Japanese and the Belgian missions on our shores . August also found a peace proposal from the Pope who was ...
... received from the enemy . War missions had come to this country from al- most all of the Allies . The end of August found the Japanese and the Belgian missions on our shores . August also found a peace proposal from the Pope who was ...
الصفحة 1960
... received medals and crosses from both the French and English Governments in recognition of their valor . Many too , gave up their lives when the need came . The Germans made many air raids on London , Paris and other allied points . Not ...
... received medals and crosses from both the French and English Governments in recognition of their valor . Many too , gave up their lives when the need came . The Germans made many air raids on London , Paris and other allied points . Not ...
الصفحة 1991
... receiving a delegation of rail- road employes who demanded an increase in their wages , issued a statement urging a truce in wage questions pending readjustments of living costs . " Demands unwisely made and passionately in- sisted upon ...
... receiving a delegation of rail- road employes who demanded an increase in their wages , issued a statement urging a truce in wage questions pending readjustments of living costs . " Demands unwisely made and passionately in- sisted upon ...
الصفحة 2001
... receiving one hundred and eighty - three . With this defeat the career of the Federal party ended . Questions involved in the old controversies between the parties had lost their sig- nificance , and party differences died out . THE ...
... receiving one hundred and eighty - three . With this defeat the career of the Federal party ended . Questions involved in the old controversies between the parties had lost their sig- nificance , and party differences died out . THE ...
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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.