Word: matter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...military correspondents" of London papers wrote that this was the first time in British history that a sentry had disappeared from a British Royal sentry post. They took comfort in the fact that the King was not in residence at Buckingham Palace when the vanishment occurred. "The matter is being treated," said the pontifical Times, "with some levity in the barracks of the Welsh and Coldstream Guards...
...called me a glutton," said Lady Strabolgi to The Hon. Mr. Justice McCardle. "As a matter of fact I keep thin and eat as little...
...Blank Cartridge." The subject matter of the Hearst statement seemed to explain why its author had hitched his wagon to the distinguished Kansas City Star. Publisher Hearst felt deeply that "We Need Laws We Can Respect." He also realized that people, whether they think or not, are most likely to respect public statements when they read them in a newspaper they can respect. Mr. Hearst's own press is historically, incurably "yellow...
...went on, "occasionally there are laws which cannot be respected, no matter how they are observed by good citizens...
...Treat Baldwin Johnson told of studies in the causes of cell growth being made at Yale. Two discoveries have so far come of this research: that in living matter the only substances sensitive to light are sugars?fats, oils and proteins are all unaffected by it; that one of the symptoms of tuberculosis is the appearance in the body of a certain fatty acid?a discovery which should enable the disease to be detected in its very early stages...