The North American Review, Volume 225University of Northern Iowa, 1928 - North American review Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... passed since 1918 . These years have recorded no event which now more than in the past insures the observance of international law without recourse to arms . Although our own soil has not been disturbed , Amer- ican lives and property ...
... passed since 1918 . These years have recorded no event which now more than in the past insures the observance of international law without recourse to arms . Although our own soil has not been disturbed , Amer- ican lives and property ...
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... passed the Joint Resolution of January 3 , 1811 , to prevent England purchasing from Spain the territory which is now our State of Florida . At the beginning of President Cleveland's negotiations with England in 1895 over the disputed ...
... passed the Joint Resolution of January 3 , 1811 , to prevent England purchasing from Spain the territory which is now our State of Florida . At the beginning of President Cleveland's negotiations with England in 1895 over the disputed ...
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... passing a beam of the latter through a glass prism , he was close to finding the ultraviolet rays . But Newton's eyes , like our own , could not see them , and , having no reason to suppose that anything of the kind existed , it ...
... passing a beam of the latter through a glass prism , he was close to finding the ultraviolet rays . But Newton's eyes , like our own , could not see them , and , having no reason to suppose that anything of the kind existed , it ...
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... passing it may be of interest to mention that the annoying heterodyning sometimes experienced by radio listeners is often due to nothing other than a beat note produced by two broadcasting stations operating on slightly different wave ...
... passing it may be of interest to mention that the annoying heterodyning sometimes experienced by radio listeners is often due to nothing other than a beat note produced by two broadcasting stations operating on slightly different wave ...
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... passing through smoke and heavy layers of air , and therefore do not reach the earth's surface in such abundance in the winter . This fact , and not that it is cold , accounts for the slowness with which one receives a sunburn in winter ...
... passing through smoke and heavy layers of air , and therefore do not reach the earth's surface in such abundance in the winter . This fact , and not that it is cold , accounts for the slowness with which one receives a sunburn in winter ...
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Page 97 - The heavens declare the glory of God: And the firmament showeth His handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech: And night unto night showeth knowledge.
Page 458 - Commission shall as soon as practicable prepare and adopt a plan for the consolidation of the railway properties of the continental United States into a limited number of systems.
Page 295 - On my honor I will do my best: 1. To do my duty to God and my country, and to obey the Scout law. 2. To help other people at all times. 3. To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.
Page 21 - That when any harbor or other place in the American continents is so situated that the occupation thereof for naval or military purposes might threaten the communications or the safety of the United States, the Government of the United States could not see without grave concern the possession of such harbor or other place by any corporation or association which has such a relation to another Government, not American, as to give that Government practical power of control for naval or military purposes.
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Page 21 - Resolved that when any harbor or other place in the American continents is so situated that the occupation thereof for naval or military purposes might threaten the communications or the safety of the United States, the Government of the United States could not see, without grave concern, the possession of such harbor or other place by any corporation or association which has such a relation to another Government, not American, as to give that Government practical power of control for national purposes.
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Page 280 - Those refined and gentle manners which are the expression of fixed habits of thought and of action. 3. The power and habit of reflection. 4. The power of intellectual growth. 5. Efficiency, the power to do.
Page 458 - If after such hearing the Commission finds that the public interest will be promoted by the...