Word: irelander
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...advice of Premier Stanley Baldwin, King George V bestowed the dignity of an earldom upon the Rt. Hon. Herbert Henry Asquith, Premier of Great Britain and Ireland from 1908 to 1915-the longest period of time that the office has been held by one man since the Ministry of Lord Liverpool (1812-1827). The new peer chose the historic title of Earl of Oxford*, and His Majesty's sanction for the revival of that title was obtained...
...Flonzaleys) had ever been played. There were critics who instantly dubbed it a tour de force, a term which critics find invaluable and sometimes even apt; it was, at all events, a tour. In the Evocation Catalane, the Flonzaleys went to Spain; in the Raga, to Kashmir; in the Ireland-aise, to Ireland; in the Gasal, to Persia. Clever, literary music it was, each division telling a story. The Fonzaleys told those stories with their fingers...
...success of this feat suggests that it may be possible to salvage between $4,000,000 and $6,000,000 in gold and valuables that sank with the Lusitania. The Lusitania, sunk by a German submarine in 1915, lies in 42 fathoms of water off the southern coast of Ireland. It opens up vistas of salvaging sunken Spanish argosies with their almost legendary treasures...
...your countrymen claim that man is naturally a 'fighting animal' and that war will always be part of life. It is true that man is a fighting animal. You've probably heard the story of the Irishwoman who was waving a delighted farewell to the British troops leaving Ireland. She said: 'Good-by, good-by, me darlints, now at last we'll be able to fight in pace.' Let's fight not 'in piece,' but for peace...
...weeks on end, proverbial little drops of water descended from the clouds on to the face of Merrie England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland...