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Correspondents were in accord as to the new Senator's dialect. He said for himself: "I ain't ignorant and a lot of this stuff that you read in the papers making me say things I didn't is all bunk. ... I didn't say that I didn't give a dam about books. I mean, I didn't say it that way. Some books ain't worth readin' and some are. I ain't got much time for 'em, but I would read 'em if I had time to read 'em.'' As for his favorite author, he declared...
Another important event occurred when the King received Benito Mussolini. Great political significance is attached to this conversation, a report of which was not published. It is known, however, that a definite Anglo-Italian accord is in the course of consideration by the Italian Government. Such an agreement is directed against the Franco-Belgian alliance, which is at present operating against British and Italian interests. A more striking parallel cannot be found than that of the visits of King Edward VII to France and Russia, which brought into existence the Entente Cordiale...
...self-conscious being. When he died he left his affairs in complete confusion, and his ancestral country house, Eamor, at the mercy of John Mayne, a self-made millionaire. His third wife, Lillian, married John Mayne to save Eamor for herself and Nicholas. Mayne and Lillian, never in much accord, soon separated, the latter remaining at Eamor with Nicholas. The situation was complicated by the sudden reappearance of Cosmo, the advent at Eamor of Madeline, Mayne's ward, and the interference of other conflicting characters...
...President Millerand and Premier Poincare are intimate and tried friends. They examine together frankly and cordially every decision which affects the national interest, and between two men so patriotic and sincere an accord is not difficult...
...spirit of optimism reigns at Washington, according to reports, where the belief is current in official quarters that the United States will soon accord recognition to Mexico, withheld since the fall of President Carranza...