1. In March 1920 the US Senate finally killed the treaty. The United States did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles and we did not join the League of Nations. Wilson considered this a great failure and it plagued him until his death. Disgust was deepening.
Part of the Peripherals glossary: An abacus is a manual aid to calculating that consists of beads or disks that can be moved up and down on a series of sticks or strings within a usually wooden frame. The abacus itself doesn't calculate; it's simply a device for helping a human being to calculate by remembering what has been counted. The modern Chinese abacus, which is still widely used in China and other countries, dates from about 1200 A.D.
The abacus was so successful that its use spread form China to many other countries. The abacus does not actually do the computing, as today's calculators do. The abacus does not actually do the computing, as today's calculators do. It helps people keep track of numbers as they do the computing.