Portrait of an American: Charles G. DawesHolt, 1953 - 344 pages Full-length, sympathetic biography of the American lawyer and banker. |
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Page 24
... Dawes was a good manager , or we could not have got through on that ; but I found , at the end of the first year , I ... wrote . " They got home and had to come back and get us out of our argu- ment . We had stopped on a street corner , and ...
... Dawes was a good manager , or we could not have got through on that ; but I found , at the end of the first year , I ... wrote . " They got home and had to come back and get us out of our argu- ment . We had stopped on a street corner , and ...
Page 177
... wrote the British letter of agreement . " And by three o'clock the next day , the time set for the confer- ence , Dawes was on his way to Paris . Dawes wrote of the ... Dawes ' portrait be hung in the British War College CHARLES G. DAWES 177.
... wrote the British letter of agreement . " And by three o'clock the next day , the time set for the confer- ence , Dawes was on his way to Paris . Dawes wrote of the ... Dawes ' portrait be hung in the British War College CHARLES G. DAWES 177.
Page 297
... Dawes discharged his many social obligations as Ambassador with skill and ... wrote into his diary , “ except a difficult one is unattractive . Aside from ... Dawes could not be idle for long . After a short " vacation " trip to Chicago ...
... Dawes discharged his many social obligations as Ambassador with skill and ... wrote into his diary , “ except a difficult one is unattractive . Aside from ... Dawes could not be idle for long . After a short " vacation " trip to Chicago ...
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