Word: brilliants
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Premier Valdemaras of Lithuania (less picturesque and well known than Marshal Pulsudski) was the first prime minister of his country (1918), and has represented Lithuania at almost every important international conference since. A scholar, a brilliant speaker commanding ten languages, he bases his political strength squarely on a platform of ardent nationalism. That he has been of many nationalities, in the legal sense, is explained by the fact that the district in which he was born has been, during his lifetime, once Russian, once German, several times Lithuanian and is now Polish. By general repute Premier Valdemaras is deemed relatively...
...Brilliant Trackman...
...that he did not wish to be personal, but that he could not keep from criticizing them for their failure to grasp the significance of scientific research in the development of industry. Lack of Canadian appreciation of scientific research in relation to industry, said he, was responsible for many brilliant men and much capital leaving Canada for the U. S., a country where the servant was worthy of his hire and where advantage was taken of every opportunity. He closed his speech on a note personal to himself-the inadequate salaries paid Canadian professors. He could not possibly carry...
COQUETTE?Helen Hayes at her brilliant best as a flirt who fell disasterously in love...
...England, the first thing he did was to marry his cousin, Emma Wedgwood, the granddaughter of Josiah Wedgwood. The next was to publish the journal of his voyage. This made him recognised as a brilliant and important naturalist; he and the wife were invited to distinguished dinner parties which annoyed Charles Darwin. He soon stopped going to them and spent the next four years studying species at Downe, the eight years after that perusing the habits and character of barnacles. After this, he was ready. For four years, 1855-59, he wrote The Origin of Species. Until its publication...