Word: might
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...during the war blockade, America was forced of necessity to make its own dyes. None could be had from Germany, and but a small quantity from other sources, consequently a dye industry was formed, which has steadily grown in size and excellence, until it now turns out products that might bid fair to compete with any foreign market. This industry, however, is still in its infancy. Materials and wages are costly, and it has not yet established itself firmly with the manufacturers...
...they faltered or doubted, the aims which they so soon achieved would still be far away; even this generation might still have been groping vaguely in the darkness. But they bore the torch unflinchingly, and passed it on glowing yet brighter than before. The torch now is ours, and it is we who must lift it high--not with strife, and bickering, and gloomy forebodings, but with calm trust and steadfast purpose. This is our heritage--this is our duty on the stage of life; that courage, truth, and light shall dwell forever in the land of the Pilgrims...
...remembers his vast collection of marine life, gathered in a dozen extended voyages widely scattered over the surface of the globe, and to still others, he appears as one of the greatest benefactors of the oldest university in America; while those who delve among ancient civilizations and primitive races might well be surprised at the extent of his poaching in their preserves." The author was assisted in compiling this splendid work by Professor Barrett Wendell, Mr. Samuel Henshaw, Sir John Murray and Mr. Q. A. Shaw. With portraits and other illustrations. Cloth. 8vo. Houghton, Mifflin Co. Published at $5.00 Special...
...jobs open in Chicago. Contrary to the general opinion, this situation does not balance, for the unskilled man in Pittsburg is quite unlikely to have enough funds saved to permit him to go to Chicago. Even if he should let the employment agent pay his expense, he might reach that city only to find that he couldn't keep the job, and yet had no money with which to return to Pittsburg. For this reason the laboring man is inclined to stay in the same community or in the immediate vicinity...
...amounted to nothing more than an expression of a desire, because Japan, though agreeing to the sentiment, refused to be bound in any way while the United States was proposing to double its naval appropriations. The net result of all the talk was the conclusion that however desirable disarmament might be, it was unwise, until this country was also restricted. Senator Borah's resolution answers Japan's objection with no ambiguity. League or no League, we are ready to do business in the matter of naval disarmament...