Word: curzon
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...very proficient. Some jokester said he danced like an Outline of History. Arnold Bennett is reported to have acquired "a stage of proficiency," arrived at through many private lessons. Lord Balfour likes to see other people do it, but is too old to take it up himself. Lord Curzon has not yet fallen, but the Marchioness, his wife, is an exponent of no mean accomplishment. Lloyd George has not yet made his dancing debut, nor is he ever likely to. Lord Birkenhead, ex-Lord Chancellor, leads the political world in jazz dancing. No band is too fast for him. Another...
...regret that the Government of His Britannic Majesty was disappointed in our offer of May 2. We undertook this offer at the suggestion of Lord Curzon, assuming that His Lordship, in making his suggestion, desired to be a benevolent mediator in our fight with France regarding her illegal invasion of the Ruhr. Since, however, from the English note of the 13th, the very opposite is apparent, no one need be surprised if our disillusionment is all the greater. Under the circumstances there is nothing for us to do but waive all further negotiations today...
...Lord Curzon's high-handed note to Soviet Russia, demanding satisfaction for the seizure of a fishing trawler in the Baltic Sea, compensation for murdered and imprisoned Britishers, the cessation of anti-British propaganda in Asia and Afghanistan and the withdrawal of insulting letters by Gregory Weinstein attacking Britain for mediating to save Mgr. Butchka-vitch, has turned out to be a decided diplomatic victory for Great Britain...
...Marquis Curzon: "In a speech in London I denounced the modern craze for digging up skulls and bones and declared that the antiquaries had gone mad. I protested especially against the excavation of a church yard at Gravesend where ' a lot of ghouls' are trying to find the body of Pocahontas, supposedly buried there...
...suspense in England Stanley Baldwin, hitherto Chancellor of the Exchequer, became entitled to take up his residence at No. 10 Downing Street, official dwelling place of Britain's Prime Ministers. The suspense abroad was real. There is no telling what a Conservative party will do in an emergency. Curzon was in the offing, but did not get the job. The world breathes again and Mr. Baldwin becomes a popular choice. His appointment, however, is convenient rather than fortunate. Baldwin. Stanley Baldwin is a man of 55 years of age. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, where...