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... nature changes or most strin- gent regulations are enforced . Further- more , the voluntary or forced retire- ment each year of a number of able- bodied and - if the general standard is high - mentally qualified officers will add to the ...
... nature changes or most strin- gent regulations are enforced . Further- more , the voluntary or forced retire- ment each year of a number of able- bodied and - if the general standard is high - mentally qualified officers will add to the ...
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... nature which were favored by the Platt machine at the last session , and there is certainly every reason why he should maintain such opposition now . We are glad to see that the Civil- Service Reform Association is deter- mined to keep ...
... nature which were favored by the Platt machine at the last session , and there is certainly every reason why he should maintain such opposition now . We are glad to see that the Civil- Service Reform Association is deter- mined to keep ...
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... nature as deposits , differing only in the time that they usually remain outstanding . They circulate rather more widely than checks , but they are paya- ble out of the same fund , and usually in the same way . Ordinarily the notes ...
... nature as deposits , differing only in the time that they usually remain outstanding . They circulate rather more widely than checks , but they are paya- ble out of the same fund , and usually in the same way . Ordinarily the notes ...
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... nature , wasted her resources in insincere military preparations . It is from this body of men that Greece deserves to be saved , in order to be enlightened and show that she is an influence for good in the Levant . " This little book ...
... nature , wasted her resources in insincere military preparations . It is from this body of men that Greece deserves to be saved , in order to be enlightened and show that she is an influence for good in the Levant . " This little book ...
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... nature too much , we have not studied it nearly enough , and we have substituted a superficial imitation for a profound knowledge . It will not revive art to shut the schools , though it is to be hoped that the schools will give better ...
... nature too much , we have not studied it nearly enough , and we have substituted a superficial imitation for a profound knowledge . It will not revive art to shut the schools , though it is to be hoped that the schools will give better ...
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