Word: government
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...time is a rarity indeed. To beg off from added duties because of the war and its demands is in almost every case a popular but invalid excuse. The cry of lack of time comes quickly to the lips, but it does not bear up under the conditions which govern the lives of the great majority...
...Phillips Brooks House last evening, as he was describing the impressions he gained of the Russian situation during his stay there last summer. "The country was on the very verge of political ruin and economic collapse. The army wouldn't fight, the workmen wouldn't work, and the government couldn't govern. The crisis was caused by four general conditions: the antagonism between the socialist parties and the bourgeoisie; the total paralysis of the government; the widespread demoralization of the army; and the economic chaos. Between the future fates of Russia lie only the Russian socialistic parties...
...Attention is called to the following changes in Army Regulations, which also govern the Corps...
...Tariff Commission appointments offer illuminating evidence of the spirit that might be expected to govern President Wilson's administrative appointments if he were free to ignore or defy considerations of partisan expediency. .... The chairman, Professor Taussig is one of the most distinguished tariff authorities in the world, and is far and away the most eminent tariff authority in the United States. Seekers after exorbitant tariff favors will revile Professor Taussig as a theorist. He is a theorist who will very clearly see through the greedy devices by which greedy interests have hitherto sought to delude Congress. He is also...
Attention is called to the following changes in Army Regulations, which also govern the Corps...