Word: officialdom
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...subject of salmon being disturbed by earthquakes. General John H. Russell, High Commissioner to Haiti, paid respects before returning to his post. Governor General M. L. Walker of the Panama Canal Zone conferred for a half-hour. They were but a few of a long procession from Officialdom of which a great part simply wanted to welcome the Chief back to Washington...
Banquet. The Leviathan's dining salon was jammed to bursting with officialdom and oratory the night before sailing...
...responsible authority speaking for the American Legation says that American officialdom in China has been abominably treated by the Washington Administration. Consular and diplomatic reports have furnished more than enough material to shape public opinion in America if the Government cared to face conditions honestly by giving out the information at its disposal...
Last week the Panama Canal, inland waterway of mighty ships, might well have given a watery chuckle and gurgle; for some profound reason all U. S. officialdom seemed suddenly anxious to view...
Works. British officialdom chanced to elect Ellis' second book (Sexual Inversion) as the point of attack for a long-contemplated descent upon some people who were trying to better the lot of illegitimates. These people had put the book?a technical monograph?on their stall of sex literature for no better reason than that their publisher and Ellis' had sent it along. Nevertheless, Ellis' name was dragged through the sewer so efficiently that only lately has he been mentionable in polite districts of the tight little isle...