Word: ist
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...said one half of the press. "He has not seen a Government official; he sits every day for Sir William Orpen, who is painting his portrait," said the other half of the press. Mr. Mellon, from his remarks, appeared to be considering the financial aspects of the maxim: Reden ist Silber; Schweigen ist Gold...
...candidate for the Presidency, ex-Premier Paul Painlevé, defeated; le Sénateur Gaston Doumergue elected. His candidate for the Presidency of the Senate, le Sénateur Bienvenu-Martin, defeated; le Sénateur Justin de Selves, Poincaréist, elected. His candidate for the Presidency of the Army Committee of the Chamber of Deputies defeated; le Député Maginot, Minister of War under Poincare, elected. His policy of withdrawing the French Embassy to the Vatican (TiME, June 16) and that of granting amnesty to political exiles and prisoners were met with strong opposition...
...Meanwhile the Philharmonic Orchestra got through one of its two positively final farewell encore appearances under Mr. Mengelberg. The parting diet consisted of another performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (TIME, March 17), with a plangent, daringly lugubrious Bach cantata, Selig ist der Mann, as dessert...
...program follows: Prelude and Fugue in D minor Bach Elevazione Zipoli Pavane Byrd Gagliado Schmid Adagio (Sixth Symphony) Widor Menuet Gothique Boellmarn Choral Improvisations Karg-Elert a. Jesu Geh Voran b. Est ist der Hell uns Kommen her. Tocate (Fifth Symphony) Widor
...students said that most of the rooms in the ex-Kaiser's Doom palace were simply furnished, but some were quite as pretentious as those in the palace at Potsdam. In the dining hall hung a motto: Willkommen wer ein guter Monarchist ist , welcome to any good monarchist...