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hap·py me·di·um
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a satisfactory compromise:
you have to strike a happy medium between looking like royalty and looking like a housewife.
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Was Versailles harsh enough? Andrew Roberts on a study which argues that the treaty at the end of the First World War cannot be blamed for the Second
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 8/26/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...George and the Lost Peace: From Versailles to Hitler 1919- 1940 by Antony...December 1999 issue, "was the treaty of Versailles, whose harsh terms would ensure...Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles, ergo it must have been flawed...
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Treaty of Versailles: not exactly as planned: how the treaty "to end all wars' led instead to numerous new conflicts.(THE GREAT WAR)
Magazine article from: Esprit de Corps; 7/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...World War I, the Treaty of Versailles was signed during...just one of five treaties signed during...this was the treaty that was surrounded...the Treaty of Versailles. The result...affected by the Treaty of Versailles. Renowned British...
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 "The New York Observer (New York, NY)")
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Test Ban Treaty Was No Versailles.(Politics&Opinions)
Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY); 10/25/1999; 700+ words
; ...settlement reached at Versailles, which in turn contributed...Allied triumph, no Treaty of Versailles, no punishment of...capacity to rearm. The treaty may have given voice...difference between the two treaties--Versailles and the Test Ban...
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Senator Lawrences Sherman's role in the defeat of the treaty of versailles
Magazine article from: Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society; 10/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...fight over the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations. As...took on a new significance. The Treaty and League had been, in part...Congress would pass the agreement at Versailles, as time passed, and debate...
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The Treaty of Versailles. A Reassessment after 75 Years.(Review)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 12/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; The Treaty of Versailles. A Reassessment after...Paris took to draft the treaty of Versailles, it is a tribute to...intend to shape the peace treaties to his own vision, Schwabe...practical results of the treaty. This section has six...
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WHO'S AFRAID OF THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES?
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 12/29/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...put it a few years ago, the Treaty of Versailles was "the final crime" of World...took part in the Paris talks.) Versailles' bad rap can be traced back...they were asked to pay. The Versailles treaty proved flexible; when...
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[The Treaty of Versailles: a reassessment after 75 years]
Magazine article from: International Journal; 1/1/2000; ; 619 words
; THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES A reassessment after 75 years Edited by Manfred F. Boemeke...the pattern in his coruscating and deeply unfair attack on the Treaty of Versailles. His picture of a vengeful France, a careless Britain, and...
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 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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NO LINK BETWEEN IRAQ AND TREATY OF VERSAILLES; SPEAKING OUT ON IRAQ.(Editorial)(Letter to the Editor)(Editorial)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 10/2/2002; 464 words
; ...Contrary to the point in Stephen Council's comment Sept. 21, there is no parallel to the Treaty of Versailles and Iraq today. In 1919, the Treaty of Versailles permitted the dismantling of German factories and sending the equipment to France and...
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World War I: why it still matters: in 1919, the 'war to end all wars' formally ended with The Treaty of Versailles. But 90 years later, we're still living with the consequences.(TIMES PAST)
Magazine article from: New York Times Upfront; 5/4/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...War to End All Wars" proved anything but. The Treaty of Versailles may have formally ended the war in June 1919, but...1945 with the United Nations. The harsh terms that Versailles imposed on Germany after the war, including billions...
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Treaty of Versailles: drafting a plan for the future: after the 'war to end all wars," an American idealist attempts to contain the damage done and ensure that such a world-scale conflict would never recur.(THE GREAT WAR)
Magazine article from: Esprit de Corps; 6/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...attempt to ensure a war like this could never happen again. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Wilson would meet at the Palace of Versailles with 200 delegates from 37 countries during the course of the conference, but the decisions made were largely by the reigning...
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Treaty of Versailles
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Treaty of Versailles any of several treaties signed in the palace of Versailles, France. For the Treaty of Versailles of 1783, which ended the American Revolution , see Paris, Treaty of , 1783. In the Franco-Prussian War The Preliminary Treaty...
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Versailles, Treaty of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
Versailles, Treaty of (1919).The Treaty of Versailles ended World War I between Germany and the Allied nations...other reasons) the Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles, Wilson, in his own time and in history, would bear...
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Versailles, Treaty of (1920)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...resulted in five treaties. The Treaty of Versailles, signed on 28 June at Versailles, France, and ratified...with Germany. The treaties of S è vres...after World War I, the Treaty of Versailles established the League...
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After the Great War: Isolationism and the Treaty of Versailles
Book article from: American Decades
AFTER THE GREAT WAR: ISOLATIONISM AND THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES The Stage Is Set As the 1920s began, the United...1919, the U.S. Senate had not ratified the Treaty of Versailles — the peace agreement the Allies forced...
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Versailles, treaty of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Versailles, treaty of, 1783. The treaty of Versailles, at the end of the American War of Independence , was less disadvantageous to Britain than had seemed likely, partly because of Rodney's naval victory at the Saints in April 1782 and partly...
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