Word: dying
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...That the Labor Ministry had a close shave on the Rent Bill was admitted in an exchange of pleasantries that night, at the National Gallery Centenary Dinner, between the Premier and Lord Curzon, die-hard ex-Foreign Minister...
...brief debate showed that the attitude of the parties was equivocal. The Conservatives were inclined to support the treaty because it was the work of the former die-hard Foreign Minister, Lord Curzon. The Labor Government submitted the Treaty as a matter of routine in maintaining continuity of foreign policy. The Liberals, led by Sir Edward Grigg, onetime private secretary of Lloyd George, whose rapid anti-Turk policy led to the ruin of British imperial ambitions in the Levant, denounced the Treaty. Sir Edward made the usual plea for Christian minorities. His argument that the Treaty was repugnant...
George Zabriskie, prominent Episcopalian layman of New York, has acted as legal adviser of Platon's church, and has advocated secession from Moscow. Bishop Manning is sympathetic. It is believed that if the Russian church is left to itself, it will wither and die. But if it has Episcopalian support it will flourish, like the green bay, and bring forth fruits of goodness and true Americanism...
...that Harvard graduates add only 1.2--or therebouts--children per man to the population of the United States, and only the other day, a cynical gentleman, writing in the New York Times, pointed out in an irreverent article that if "all Americans go to Harvard, this nation will certainly die out." Fortunately this has become impossible, since the Freshman enrolment has been limited...
...Chamber of Deputies passed a bill levying a 25% tax on the gross gate receipts on all football, swimming, tennis and athletic meets. Friends of outdoor sport hope to see the bill die in the Senate...