Word: nones
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first post-election period was one in which the three big parties, none having a majority over the others, tried to decide what Party was to form a Government. There had evidently been a great deal of vacillation behind the scenes. Conservative-Liberal and Liberal-Labor coalition were hinted at, only to be later denied. Then Premier Baldwin was to resign and the King would ask Lord Derby?H. H. Asquith? Ramsay MacDonald?to form a Government...
...Yellow Breeches Creek near Harrisburg, capsized in the rapids, pitching me headlong into the swift current. Being an excellent swimmer, I reached the shore, where my wife helped me from the water. Drenched, hatless, I walked more than a mile to a farm hourse. Next day I was none the worse for my chilling experience. The newspaper made a great joke over the fact that I had been...
...Liar" will offend none, and will please many. It is for the most part delicately and artistically done, and is certainly worthy of its place in the annals of the Dramatic Club
...West, it's different," he said, "There the people really rise to a play. If they like it, they let you know. There's none of the gentle laughter and faint clapping of a Boston audience. I've seen western audiences stand up and howl for minutes on end for encores...
...gradual clearing of the complications and misunderstandings resulting from the exuberant mendacity of Lelio occupies the remainder of the comedy, which, after the final discomfiture of the liar, ends with his none too convincing resolution to devote himself henceforward to the truth...