Word: mirthlessly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Solemnly at last the Parliament of the Union of South Africa voted on General Hertzog's bill while General Smuts watched, tense and grim. The official tally gave the measure a majority of five votes -but a two-thirds majority was required to make it law. A mirthless, triumphant smile twisted the lips of General Smuts. He had won this preliminary skirmish, but the real dogfight will be the General Election, now scheduled for next June...
...tell the truth and who got herself, a southern youth, and an Italian nobleman into no end of difficulty through this inability. Madge Kennedy, Sidney Blackmer (giving his best performance in several seasons) and Tom Powers are occupied as these three. Even so, the manuscript is wandering and almost mirthless...