Word: anent
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Just before Mr. Baldwin's return the coal owners had definitely rejected the plan of compromise evolved in his absence by Chancellor Winston Churchill of the British Exchequer (TiME, Sept. 20). Fanciful stories were circulated in the British press anent Mr. Churchill's intense annoyance at the failure of his compromise. Underlings at the Chancellory of the Exchequer were represented as tiptoeing gingerly into his office and getting a dressing down for their pains. The coal atmosphere was thoroughly befogged. What would Premier Baldwin...
While the conferees rustled uneasily at this apt expression of what was in their minds, Sir Cecil Hurst, the British representative, strove to smooth the path of acceptance for Reservation Five by voicing a series of generalities anent the "good will" of the U.S. in international disputes. For some hours the conference marked time and compliments to the U. S. gushed. Then Dr. Osten Undén, the Swedish representative said bluntly...
...applied to the former. With 23,000 scientific periodicals published in the world annually, "the mind stands appalled at the prospects . . .even in so short a time as 100 years hence." Idle Rich. The economics division was addressed by distinguished Sir Josiah Stamp, co-author of the Dawes Plan anent the "idle" rich. Sir Josiah doubted that this much maligned class of British society numbered over 1,000 able-bodied persons. He demonstrated that if all British incomes from ?250 ($1217. 50) upward were pooled, the income per family would not exceed five shillings ($1.20) weekly. "In America," he said...
...Anent subscriber Hibbard's criticism of your footnotes. ["Footnotes," TIME, July 12, p. 21 I wish to cast my vote in their favor...
...editor. But inasmuch as I do not want to appear to say things behind your back that I would not say to your face and inasmuch as you have demanded it (TIME, July 12, LETTERS), I herewith make your life complete and break my solemn vow. First, anent footnotes, if you think they belong in the magazine, run 'em. ... If TIME succeeds as you want to run it, you prove that you are right: if it flops, then you are wrong and no breathless tagging in the wandering aimless footsteps of the public can save you anyway. TIME...