Word: excerpt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...following dialogue took place between Premier Baldwin and Lady Astor in the lobby of the House of Commons over an excerpt from the King's Speech, for which the Premier was responsible, and which read: "costs and profits in connection with the distribution of milk...
...condemnation of the Leipziger Neuste Nachrichten* for unfair competition and after examining the judgment of the Supreme State Court in Dresden, regards the attitude of the publishers of the Vossische Zeitung as blameless. It regrets, therefore, the comments that it appended to the report of the publication of the excerpt of the judgment...
Lord Alfred published in a pamphlet an article entitled: The Murder of Lord Kitchener and the Truth About the Battle of Jutland and the Jews. An excerpt from this document reads: "I made a definite charge against Winston Churchill in Plain English, a newspaper now defunct. I stated that a large sum of money was given him by the late Sir Ernest Cassel after he had issued what is admittedly a false report of the Battle of Jutland...
...doing so he fell into the error of playing some pieces of little interest or musical worth. On the whole, however, his program was far better than those which one usually encounters. Beginning with a Prelude and Aria from Bach's Suite in E Minor, his selection included an excerpt from a Sonata of Porpora, short pieces of Boulanger an Suk, two of his own compositions, a Waltz of Chopin and a Jota of Sarasate. His tone was full and mellow, incisive in staccato passages and following in legato...
...HANDBOOK OF COOKERY FOR A SMALL HOUSE-Jessie Conrad (With a preface by Joseph Conrad)-Doubleday ($1.75). Joseph Conrad offers himself "modestly and gratefully as a Living Example" of his wife's art. Her style, lacking the richer beauties of his, has a toothsome directness. The following excerpt is characteristic: "The best plan is to soak the head in a bowl of cold water and a little salt all night, previously removing the brains." The quotation is from a fanciful essay entitled "Calf's Head...