Word: honorers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Lord Byng responded to the many speeches in his honor: "I can only use very ordinary words, but I thank you sincerely. I thank you from the bottom of my heart in behalf of my wife and myself...
...behalf of the Irish Free State I have the honor to congratulate your Excellency and the Italian people on the providential escape of your Excellency from the odious attempt on your person...
Imperial Welcome. With the tip of his nose brown with iodine but unbandaged, Signer Mussolini landed at Tripoli amid a salute of 19 guns, an honor previously reserved for princes of the blood. Mounted on a charger, he reviewed for over an hour a military procession in which walked and rode native warriors in every sort of brilliant and picturesque attire together with every device for military transport, from Arabian dromedaries to Italian tanks...
...address of welcome was delivered in their honor by Representative Harry M. Wurzbach (Texas) in Spanish ? an event said to be unprecedented in the history of the House. The Senate extended a similar welcome. At the beautiful Pan American Building, Washington, the distinguished visitors were addressed by Secretary Kellogg, Secretary Hoover and the President...
...Jubilant, Editor Mencken picked up his hat and went out to luncheon. He was having lunch that day at the Harvard Union. Now, long before he had committed his offense on the common, long before the trial, the loyal students of Harvard had planned this luncheon in honor of one whom they regarded as a martyr of prudery. They were sure that he would be convicted. When Judge Parmentier's decision reached them, the campus took on the electric glory that thrills it on days when the Harvard football eleven has won a match. The huge hall at the Union...