Our Own Times: A Continuous History of the Twentieth Century, Volume 1Hazlitt Alva Cuppy J. A. Hill, 1904 |
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... called on to buy any unsold stocks and bonds . This confidence was justified in the case of the Steel Corporation . A market was easily found . And for taking the risk involved in joining the syndicate each of its members received a ...
... called on to buy any unsold stocks and bonds . This confidence was justified in the case of the Steel Corporation . A market was easily found . And for taking the risk involved in joining the syndicate each of its members received a ...
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... called " The Ivory City . " Its buildings , like those of the Pan - American Ex- position , followed the architecture of the Spanish Renaissance . III The international exposition which continued from May to Novem- ber , 1901 , at ...
... called " The Ivory City . " Its buildings , like those of the Pan - American Ex- position , followed the architecture of the Spanish Renaissance . III The international exposition which continued from May to Novem- ber , 1901 , at ...
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... called for an anti - American coalition of the European Powers . By the first year of the new Century other publicists were voicing the alarm . Paul Leroy - Beaulieu , the French economist , ex- pressed the current feeling in a letter ...
... called for an anti - American coalition of the European Powers . By the first year of the new Century other publicists were voicing the alarm . Paul Leroy - Beaulieu , the French economist , ex- pressed the current feeling in a letter ...
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... called " the head hunter " ; but after his surrender he , like others , gave all his energies to assist in the complete establish- ment of American sovereignty . On July 4 , the government of the Islands was transferred to the civil ...
... called " the head hunter " ; but after his surrender he , like others , gave all his energies to assist in the complete establish- ment of American sovereignty . On July 4 , the government of the Islands was transferred to the civil ...
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... called Platt Amendment was quickly accepted by the American Government as a satisfactory definition of the future relations between the two countries . The preamble authorized the President of the United States to withdraw from the ...
... called Platt Amendment was quickly accepted by the American Government as a satisfactory definition of the future relations between the two countries . The preamble authorized the President of the United States to withdraw from the ...
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Page 42 - States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty...
Page 43 - That to enable the United States to maintain the independence of Cuba, and to protect the people thereof, as well as for its own defence, the government of Cuba will sell or lease to the United States lands necessary for coaling or naval stations at certain specified points, to be agreed upon with the President of the United States.
Page 114 - The Canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these Rules, on terms of entire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination against any such nation, or its citizens or subjects, in respect of the conditions or charges of traffic, or otherwise Such conditions and charges of traffic shall be just and equitable.
Page 43 - That the government of Cuba will execute, and as far as necessary extend, the plans already devised or other plans to be mutually agreed upon, for the; sanitation of the cities of the island...
Page 42 - States to carry these resolutions into effect,' the President is hereby authorized to leave the government and control of the Island of Cuba to its people" so soon as a government shall have been established in said Island under a constitution which, either as a part thereof or in an ordinance appended thereto, shall define the future relations of the United States with Cuba, substantially as follows: "I.
Page 42 - III. That the government of Cuba consents that the United States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban...
Page 42 - That the government of Cuba shall never enter into any treaty or other compact with any foreign power or powers which will impair or tend to impair the independence of Cuba...
Page 197 - Who can tell the new thoughts that have been awakened, the ambitions fired and the high achievements that will be wrought through this exposition? Gentlemen, let us ever remember that our interest is in concord, not conflict, and that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace, not those of war.
Page 152 - Christ, at or after the consecration thereof, by any person whatsoever ; and that the invocation or adoration of the Virgin Mary, or any other saint, and the sacrifice of the Mass, as they are now used in the Church of Rome, are superstitious and idolatrous.
Page 196 - We have a vast and intricate business, built up through years of toil and struggle, in which every part of the country has its stake, which will not permit of either neglect or of undue selfishness.