Word: henchman
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...Cabinet's impending fall was freely predicted, and M. Tardieu was somewhat prematurely touted as M. Caillaux's successor. His record is scarcely inspiring, though he proved himself for many years a useful henchman to M. Clemenceau. His only ministerial experience was gained in 1919-20 when he held with distinction the portfolio of Devastated Regions. As everyone knows, he came to the U. S. in the role of French High Commissioner...
...clad only in her chemise, killed himself. What editor or printer's devil in the U. S. does not know that? But what editor asked: "Who is Roscoe Platt Conkling? A descendant of 19th Century Manhattan Republican Boss Roscoe Conkling? A namesake of Roscoe's voter-bludgeoning henchman, Thomas C. Platt?" In a jazzed age no news hound delved through the reference "morgue" of his paper to turn up the great story of Conkling, Platt, Garfield and James G. Blaine. But for the tangled interplay of their rapier politics Garfield would never have been President, nor would...
Operas performed or scheduled this summer at Ravinia: Madame Butterfly, Romeo and Juliette, Rigoletto, Faust, Martha, Aida, and The King's Henchman, a new opera (TIME, June 7) by Deems Taylor (score) and Edna St. Vincent Millay (libretto...
...possessed only local influence as Military Governor of Chekiang province. Recently he boldly proclaimed the five provinces now within his grasp to be an independent state. Last week it was discovered that he was plotting against the Peking forces with Super-Tuchun Wu's most trusted henchman, General Chin...
...called "Through the Looking Glass." Onetime music critic of the New York World, he has attracted much attention to his commentaries because of his extremely readable but authentic criticisms. Signor Gatti-Casazza* is happy to announce that an opera collaborated upon by these two and named The King's Henchman will be produced next season...