Word: priore
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Premier Lloyd George was entertained at the American Club in London by the American Society prior to his departure for Southampton en route for the U. S. Ambassador Harvey, in introducing him, said that he was a great democrat, a champion of Anglo-American friendship, " the most vivid personality of his own time and one of the most remarkable personalities of all time. . . . The last time he visited Canada he hadn't enough money to go on to the U. S., but this time he has no excuse. . . . He will have an equally gracious reception from President Coolidge...
...remarkable rhetorical power and his great diplomatic skill have won for him a high place in the opinion of the world. His great abilities were recognized at the Peace Conference in Paris, where he created a sensation by refusing to sign the Treaty of Trianon. Prior to the War he shared with two others?Lafayette and Kossuth?the honor of being the only foreigners to address the U. S. Congress. This...
According to vows taken by Jack Dempsey at his Saratoga camp, Harry Wills has eliminated himself as a championship possibility. Wills, through his manager, Paddy Mullins, attempted to stop the Firpo-Dempsey fight with injunction proceedings on the grounds that he had a prior right to meet the champion. Dempsey had asserted his intention of meeting Wills shortly. Now he will never meet him. Not until some promoter waves $400,000 or more in his vicinity...
...Court of Appeals had granted habeas corpus to two prisoners, holding that a state of war no longer existed. The 11,998 other prisoners could have been released prior to the elections which will take place in the Fall, so the bill was hastily passed and the Free State elections will be rid of this many presumably hostile voters...
Said the Italian Embassy: "The Italian Government warns the public against purchasing any jewelry belonging to the ex-Empress Zita, as the Italian Government has a prior claim thereto...