Word: napoleons
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Emperor Napoleon, pausing to celebrate one of his perennial triumphs in the midst of carnage was holding a grand reception in Versailles and the splendour of a continent had gathered in homage. Talleyrand was there, with the ironical manner which caused the Emperor to assault him once in Fontainebleau, and the ambassador of Alexander of Russia. To him the Emperor was particularly gracious, for he was planning to betray his master. A nuncio from the Vatican moved remotely amid the revelry. In an ante-chamber the representative of his Brittannic Majesty cooled his heels neglected, anticipating a dozen Waterloos...
...original mistake in bringing prisoners of war to work the land. These were no black slaves, but the sons of native kings and warriors who were accustomed to hold slaves themselves. France discovered this when the ragged troops of Toussaint L'Ouverture drove the army of the great Napoleon to the sea, and later repulsed the forces that England sent against them. In the Haitians is the fierce, arrogant spirit of ancestors used to independence and conquest...
...putting "Jimmy'' Walker back in City Hall. Citizen Walker, stranded aboard the Italian Liner Rex at Gibraltar (see p. 15) exclaimed: "My political future is at stake.'' This week Tammany is to hold a nominating convention, on the eve of which "Jimmy" Walker was supposed to arrive triumphantly like Napoleon from Elba to be renamed for his old job. The Rex's breakdown cancelled this act as Citizen Walker, late as usual, sailed on the Enropa, due to arrive after the convention...
Since the departure of George Pierce Baker and the "47 Workshop" a number of years ago, there has been little outlet for undergraduate playwrights. Last year, the Harvard Dramatic Club continued its policy of going afield for its material, and produced Hasonclaver's "Napoleon Intrudes." This year, according to reports, the club plans to produce the work of a professional. Although the decision has been made as far as this fall is concerned, it is worth considering whether the production of plays by professionals is the best permanent policy...
Year and a half ago Napoleon ("Nap") Verville of Edmonton, Alberta, had ten toes and a desire to see whether Eskimos were living on Melville Island, 1,500 mi. due north of Edmonton. Last week he was back in Edmonton with seven toes and an exciting report of hardy misadventure...