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Страница 1928
... important political fac- tor . The Prohibition party has not gained any ap- preciable strength , but in many states the question of prohibition has become so vital that the old parties have taken definite stands on the questioin . In ...
... important political fac- tor . The Prohibition party has not gained any ap- preciable strength , but in many states the question of prohibition has become so vital that the old parties have taken definite stands on the questioin . In ...
Страница 1939
... importance to America , involving it finally in the great struggle was the sea warfare of the oppos- ing forces . There were many in the United States who believed that England's mighty navy and its supremacy on sea counted for the ...
... importance to America , involving it finally in the great struggle was the sea warfare of the oppos- ing forces . There were many in the United States who believed that England's mighty navy and its supremacy on sea counted for the ...
Страница 1950
... important work and many of the mem- bers felt that altogether too much power was vested in the Executive . However , the bill was passed as the President desired , and Herbert C. Hoover , who had been the head of the Belgian relief work ...
... important work and many of the mem- bers felt that altogether too much power was vested in the Executive . However , the bill was passed as the President desired , and Herbert C. Hoover , who had been the head of the Belgian relief work ...
Страница 1957
... important center for the enemy , was in turn attacked when only eighteen miles from that city by overwhelming Turkish forces and was forced to retire to Kut - El - Amora . Here he was besieged . Attempts to reach the city with reen ...
... important center for the enemy , was in turn attacked when only eighteen miles from that city by overwhelming Turkish forces and was forced to retire to Kut - El - Amora . Here he was besieged . Attempts to reach the city with reen ...
Страница 1959
... 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 as ...
... 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 as ...
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Страница 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...
Страница 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...
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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...
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.