Word: mentioning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When you said that ''Monday at Reno is known as 'graduation day' because on that day divorces are handed," some grass-widows and widowers of Gotham must have felt slighted because you failed to mention "Wednesday matinee" in New York when the "Undefended Divorce Calendar" is called in our Supreme Court. Although adultery is the sole ground of divorce in the Empire State, our Courts have held that actual coition need not be proved, but that proof of the inclination and the opportunity is sufficient. Consequently the large audience which always attends the "matinee...
...wish to thank you for the footnote on p. 36 of your issue of Aug. 25, in which you mention the fact that I was not the George Washington implicated in the murder mentioned in the article...
...economic situation our delay may not embarrass the people of these friendly countries. ..." The other half of the reason-the embarrassment such delay "in the present economic situation" would cause U. S. businessmen who sold $210,000,000 worth of goods last year in Argentina-Secretary Stimson did not mention. When he declared at a press conference that "this action does not represent any new policy or change of policy by the U. S.," newshawks mindful of the traditional U. S. opposition to Latin-American revolutionary governments began to pester him with demands for an explanation. Somewhat fussed, he retired...
...appear dressed as a Russian Admiral; what decorations he would wear and in what order; what about the Russian Railways; whether M. Stolypin spoke French, or German, or even English; what exactly were the present relations between the Government and the Duma; was the Duma a thing one should mention, or not? The state of Russian finances; the conditions in the army and navy; the progress in education; the names of some of the leading Russian writers, musicians, and scientists. Would the Emperor talk about the Japanese Alliance? If so, what was the best thing...
...costs her her heart and her youth. Sebastian roams on darkly, rebellious but ineffective. For a time he finds a pretty young middle-class doctor's wife refreshing, until her bourgeois virtue thwarts him. Later he loves a hard-headed little model for her honest kindness, and there is mention of a game-keeper's daughter. His only steadfast affection is for Chevron, its venerable house, its loyal tenantry, even its exhausting duties. Increasingly the proprieties grow upon him, and at last he languidly courts a proper match. Against his will he takes part in the coronation of George...