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...manner in which the military control of the occupied territories is to be terminated...
...manner he is affable and courteous. He receives many people from all classes and listens to complaints patiently as he puffs cigarette after cigarette. When he commands, he expects to be obeyed and he intimates this by giving his orders with speed, precision, mastery...
...undertaking the development of the port of Callao.* He had when "elected"† promised his people lots of money and lots of economic entertainment, but the wicked New York bank having acquired an option on loan flotations for Peru, had thwarted him at every turn in a most unfair manner. The U. S. Secretary of State in his reply (unpublished) stated that the Guaranty Trust Co. is a private institution over whose legitimate operations the U. S. Government has no control. He was also understood to have conveyed to Senor Leguia his belief that the Guaranty Trust has not been...
...Concretely, this was claimed to consist of a new sort of incandescent bulb which apparently did not need electric current to make it shine. When produced in court, however, sample bulbs had no sparkle in them whatsoever, and the only brilliant feature of the company seemed to be the manner in which it sold stock of doubtful value to the public...
...Cuban Capablanca wrested the world's chess championship from Dr. Emanuel Lasker, German. But in the international chess masters' tournament which began in Manhattan on March 16 and was completed last week, Dr. Lasker triumphed?in the grand manner...