Word: laments
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Called upon Premier Benito Mussolini Thomas W. Lament, partner of J. P. Morgan...
After a few words of welcome by Baron Sardi, Vice President of the Society, Mr. Lament rose to speak. He paid the necessary compliments to those present, to the Premier, the Government, Ambassadors de Martino and Fletcher and ex-Ambassador Prince Caetani; then turned his attention to Italian finances, called Signor de Stefani's balanced budget "a wonderful feat." "I note, too," he said, "Italy's material advance in industry. I see no signs of public unrest or clamor. On the contrary, tranquillity everywhere prevails...
...toning down his words of high praise, Mr. Lament reminded his rapt audience that he did not mean that all Italy's difficulties had been overcome...
Finance Minister de Stefani, in replying, thanked Mr. Lament for his flattering remarks about his financial policy, which he adumbrated anew. He was also glad that such prominent American figures as Messrs. Lament, Reed and Stearns had come to Italy to find out the true state of things for themselves...
...once said musingly: 'I should like some time to feel as good as Briggs really is, "and therein he voiced the sentiment of all men who have come to know Briggs. And what a host they are." Harvard men, here and there, read Mr. Everett's lament in the press, read also the statement of Dean Briggs-"I have been teaching long enough." Pursing their lips, they declared that the Dean's statement, for all its simplicity, was disingenuous."Trouble with Lowell," not age, they averred, was the real reason for the retirement of Dean Briggs. They...