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... colonel : " Pretty fine house ! What did it cost ? " " It was built by my pred- ecessor , Mr. Stevens , " replied the colonel , stating its cost . " You apportion the quality of the house to the salary the man receives ? " was the next ...
... colonel : " Pretty fine house ! What did it cost ? " " It was built by my pred- ecessor , Mr. Stevens , " replied the colonel , stating its cost . " You apportion the quality of the house to the salary the man receives ? " was the next ...
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... colonel's minute at- tention to every detail of administration , the aim always being the same - effi- ciency . The time came when the open , just treatment of all stood Colonel Goethals in good stead . In February , 1911 , a for ...
... colonel's minute at- tention to every detail of administration , the aim always being the same - effi- ciency . The time came when the open , just treatment of all stood Colonel Goethals in good stead . In February , 1911 , a for ...
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... colonel ; " then you have not been ! " " I am told , " continued the official , " that you have accused me of disloyalty and have said that a man who is disloyal will lie and steal ? " " So he would , " said the colonel , " given ...
... colonel ; " then you have not been ! " " I am told , " continued the official , " that you have accused me of disloyalty and have said that a man who is disloyal will lie and steal ? " " So he would , " said the colonel , " given ...
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RUDOLPH J TAUSSIG | 1 |
No Fortifications for the Panama Canal Reprinted from American Review of Reviews | 13 |
FESSENDEN N OTIS | 25 |
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