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Last autumn I happened to be dining with the Regent of Hungary on the night of the pound sterling's collapse. Every one was gloomy and prognosticating the end of all things with the fall of England, when the Regent, who looks just like an English admiral???the same tranquil "sea" eyes?raised his glass and said as quietly as Lord Nelson might have done...
Five captains were recommended for promotion to the rank of Rear Admiral???but the conspicuous absence on this list was the name of Captain John Keeler Robison, who is Chief of the Bureau of Engineering of the Navy Department, a post which carries with it the temporary rank of Rear Admiral. Last year, he was recommended for the permanent rank of Rear Admiral. The President did not nominate him to the Senate for the rank, however. The reason was that it was he who, acting for Secretary Denby, had O.K.'d the Teapot Dome and Elk Hills leases to Sinclair...
...Rome in the Doria Palace?lent by Prince Doria, descendant of the famed Genoa Admiral???containing 1,000 rooms with accommodations for 6,000 troops, assembled the Council of the League of Nations...
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