Word: griffiths
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...perhaps be said that they all have had their effect. Lately there have been others. Redmond, vilified by the opposition, repudiated by his own party, gallantly fought for his ideal. Griffith sacrificed his life to his self-imposed task. Finally Michael Collins, treacherously surprised, died a victim to the anarchism that he tried to quell. But it will long be remembered how he kept "firing till his revolver was emptied" nor will his final great pronouncement that only forgiveness of his murderers would bring peace--a fitting "envol" to a splendid career--be soon forgotten...
...future of the moving pictures Mr. Courtenay said: "The movies will never displace the legitimate stage, because they cater to a different class of people. The taste of their present public will keep down the general quality of the movies, although of course there will always be men like Griffith, who will produce pictures of such a quality that everyone will wish to see them...
...CUSHING Hodder, 3b. c.f., Horton Hoffman, r.f. l.f., Jennings Hammond, 2b. 2b., Griffith Samborski, c. s.s., Payne Kerr, 1b. 3b., Burke Doherty c.f. 1b., Peltier Mann, s.s. r.f., Cohen Burgoss, l.f. c., Colesworthy Cordingley, p. p., Bergman...
From all appearances Ireland is in the unfortunate position of not knowing what she wants and being unhappy until she gets it. The last two days have seen one of the stormiest sessions of the Dail Eireann so far--a perfect maze of charges and counter charges from Griffith and De Valera intermixed with epithets of "liar" and "gunman", until both sides finally agreed to publish the documents of the London conference,--"before the elections so that no one is fooled" as De Valera expressed...
Some critics suggest that the Revolutionary Forces are only corner loafers, quite satisfied with things as they are, who refuse to listen to De Valera or Griffith or any one else. Not that De Valera seems much inclined to stop them. His statements to a correspondent of the "Manchester Guardian" are just the opposite. "If the army could save the nation from the calamities bound to follow the acceptance of the treaty I think it justifiable for them to use their strength to that end." Indeed as a last resort "the army may prevent elections which are only the blinds...