The New International Year BookDodd, Mead and Company, 1921 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... region of the State . Local parties have offered to provide the necessary land . The Louisiana Sugar Planters ' Associa- tion has purchased a tract of land which it has offered to the State for the use of the Louisiana Sugar Station ...
... region of the State . Local parties have offered to provide the necessary land . The Louisiana Sugar Planters ' Associa- tion has purchased a tract of land which it has offered to the State for the use of the Louisiana Sugar Station ...
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... region . The recent decrease in the white population was primarily due to the un- usually large number of men who volunteered for the world war , to the reduced mining operations , and to the high wages in the States . It is diffi- cult ...
... region . The recent decrease in the white population was primarily due to the un- usually large number of men who volunteered for the world war , to the reduced mining operations , and to the high wages in the States . It is diffi- cult ...
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... region . In some villages every adult is said to have perished . There were left 250 orphans who were distributed as far as possible among adjacent Eskimo families , the rest being assembled in two orphanages estab- lished for the ...
... region . In some villages every adult is said to have perished . There were left 250 orphans who were distributed as far as possible among adjacent Eskimo families , the rest being assembled in two orphanages estab- lished for the ...
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... region formerly made up of the Turkish provinces of Scutari and Janina and parts of the vilayets of Monastir , and Kossovo , which for several years before the war had an indeterminate status and which pre- sented one of the Balkan ...
... region formerly made up of the Turkish provinces of Scutari and Janina and parts of the vilayets of Monastir , and Kossovo , which for several years before the war had an indeterminate status and which pre- sented one of the Balkan ...
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... region which a few weeks be- fore had suffered severely from shock . ALBANIAN . See PHILOLOGY . ALBERTA . A province in the northwestern part of Canada which formerly made up a large part of what was known as the Northwest Ter- ritories ...
... region which a few weeks be- fore had suffered severely from shock . ALBANIAN . See PHILOLOGY . ALBERTA . A province in the northwestern part of Canada which formerly made up a large part of what was known as the Northwest Ter- ritories ...
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Page 380 - Powers, in favour of the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, it being clearly understood that nothing should be done which might prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country...
Page 96 - That the purpose of this corporation shall be to promote, through organization and cooperation with other agencies, the ability of boys to do things for themselves and others, to train them in Scoutcraft, and to teach them patriotism, courage, self-reliance, and kindred virtues, using the methods which are now in common use by Boy Scouts.
Page 202 - Said sums shall be allotted to the States in the proportion which their population bears to the total population of the United States...
Page 389 - It shall be the duty of said bureau to formulate standards and policies which shall promote the welfare of wage-earning women, improve their working conditions, increase their efficiency, and advance their opportunities for profitable employment.
Page 38 - Tennessee. The bauxite from all localities in the United States, though it may vary in chemical composition, is on the whole similar in general appearance, with the exception of the " granitic bauxite
Page 380 - Mandatory should be responsible for putting into effect the declaration originally made on November 2nd, 1917, by the Government of His Britannic Majesty, and adopted by the said Powers, in favour of the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people...
Page 355 - This International Congress of Women expresses its deep regret that the terms of peace proposed at Versailles should so seriously violate the principles upon which alone a just and lasting peace can be secured, and which the democracies of the world had come to accept.
Page 152 - Columbia, consisting of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds of the District of Columbia...
Page 16 - Bringing about higher standards of comfort and beauty for the farm home. (4) Safeguarding the health of the farm family, and especially the health of the mother and growing child. (5) Developing and introducing money-yielding home industries where necessary in order to make needed home improvements.
Page 203 - Association shall be entitled to elect one delegate and one alternate to the Representative Assembly for each...