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...Archduke Otto of Austria recently visited Austria for the first time in 26 years, but left at the behest of the Austrian Government...
Where the lofty splendors Linger o'er thy nest, And the passioning grandeurs Know some ritual blest Thy magic hours seek altars, which are to God behest...
...disposition of her colonies, he stated that "the Italian people were never in accord with Mussolini's policy of colonial expansion," and added that "whenever the Italian armies did march, they did so at the behest of the French and British foreign offices...
...behest of young, earnest Governor Maurice J. Tobin, Joe Kennedy had become chairman of a "special commission relative to establishing a state department of commerce." His job was to prepare legislation to rejuvenate Massachusetts' rapidly deteriorating industry...
...behest of this alter ego, the girl kills her fiance. Then she goes toward the chair almost eagerly, in her desire to liquidate her inner devil-while the lawyer-lover, an ingenious psychiatrist (Edmund Gwenn), and the governor of the state stand by, wondering what to do. The psychiatrist finally does plenty...