Word: exception
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...longer the same man," said Dr. de Gennes to reporters waiting in the rain. "What lassitude! The kidneys of Monsieur le President du Conseil have not functioned for 18 hours. Nothing can save him now except a miracle...
...until he died, perhaps hastened his death. Journalist Raymond Recouly published last year Le Memorial de Foch, flaying Clemenceau's handling of the peace conference in words allegedly quoted from Foch. In almost a paroxysm of rage, Le Tigre began to write his reply, had it complete last week except for a few pages of revision. "It is unfair of Foch!" stormed Clemenceau again and again in the last few weeks. "He is no longer here to receive my reply! . . . I am finishing it for myself, not for humanity...
...good blood relish the royal whiff in Alba's surname of Stuart Fitz-James. England's witty James II, while Duke of York, amused himself with Arabella Churchill, created their son Duke of Berwick.? A son of Berwick acquired by marriage and heritage the Spanish dukedom of Alba. Except that his lineage and sporting tastes are almost royal. Alba can scarcely claim real ''fit- ness" to be Prime Minister. He is no man of business and great affairs like the Marquis de Urquito. Although he has been a Deputy and Senator in the now defunct Cortes, the Duke...
...Everything but You," from a box. He then introduces his parents and himself while the cinematic audience applauds vigorously. Belle Baker (Momma Gibson), experienced vaudeville chanteuse, is worth watching except at those moments when, partially choking down her sobs, she sings. Best shot: the baseball game in. the vacant lot behind the theatre...
...Declined. Dr. Howard Chandler Robbins, onetime Dean of Manhattan's Cathedral of St. John the Divine; to be Protestant Episcopal Bishop Coadjutor of Southern Ohio. Reason: He was lately elected to the chair of Pastoral Theology at General Theological Seminary. "I feel that I should not resign this post except for overwhelming reasons...