Word: austrian
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Once this famed stamp, the "British Guiana 1856" belonged to Philippe la Rénotière von Ferrari, an odd curmudgeon whose collection was bought by Mr. Hind (textiles). Count Ferrari lived in a castle at 57 Rue de Varennes, Paris, which his mother had willed to the Austrian Embassy in order that her son might live under the Austrian flag. In that gaunt house Von Ferrari kept the only copy of the Boscawen (N. H.) stamp, the Lockport (N. Y.) stamp, and one of the Hawaiian "missionary"* stamps. These Mr. Hind, now admittedly the world's foremost...
...thought it was at the Battle of Austerlitz that Napoleon executed the coup I had in mind," said Lewis, speaking about it later. "At any rate, here is the account of the battle which I read and remembered: The French army was drawn up in a line awaiting the Austrian advance. There were divisions of infantry in the centre and cavalry on each flank. Behind the first line of battle were strong reserves. Napoleon sat on his horse in the rear, surrounded by his marshals, who were awaiting final orders. At length the Austrians charged the French centre...
...Napoleon, as soon as he discovered the Austrian plan of attack, ordered his cavalry to cut in from the wings, attacking the on-coming column on both flanks. Then he ordered reserves to bolster up the centre. The result was that the cavalry cut the main body of the advancing column to pieces by their simultaneous flank attacks, while the reenforced centre bore the brunt of the Austrian 'spear-head...
...Stevens Point?" some one had asked her. "Surely to begin a fiftieth anniversary tour-?" "Vy not?" Ernestine Schumann Hemk had answered. Should she go back to Europe, to Gratz where she had given her first formal concert at the age of fifteen? Should she go back to the little Austrian town where she grew up, the homely, hard-working child of a Bohemian soldier and an Italian mother? To be sure she had earned her first money there playing dance tunes on a tinkly piano in an old restaurant where the peasants gathered on holidays. Ninety-six cents...
None the less Czechoslovakian and Austrian steelmongers immediately clamored to get into the consortium. It is probable that they will be admitted and restricted to a 2,000,000-ton maximum yearly output...