Word: relished
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Despite the gorgeous capitalist disguise of Comrade Karakhan, he was an Ambassador without an Embassy. The Diplomatic Corps at Peking is composed entirely of Ministers, none of whom relish giving presence to a Bolshevik Ambassador, and they have done much to hinder the Chinese Government from handing over the old Russian Legation. But, through the reported efforts of Dr. Jacob Sohurman, U. S. Minister to China, they were expected to acquiesce in handing over the ex-Russian Legation to Comrade Karakhan...
...effect cures. One baby, long under observation, was afraid of fur or anything resembling fur. The cure consisted in bringing animals into his presence while he ate., A lump of sugar was given to him and an animal brought close at the same time. After a period, his relish of the sugar offset his fear of the animal...
London bankers are in somewhat of a quandry just now. The Dawes Plan proposes to put Germany back on a gold basis, and consequently make the German mark a gold par currency. The British do not relish seeing the pound sterling lag behind in this race to return to the gold standard, as it might mean the enforced abandonment of her former international trade and financial position. The problem therefore is-how soon can the pound get back to par and a gold basis...
...fact, the foreword has Candide objecting strenuously to his reincarnation as the son of a pork-packer, Cunegonde worrying about what's going to happen, and Pangloss not quite happy at being made a bootlegger. But this blithe young gravedigger has exhumed their altered corpses with such obvious relish that one has not the heart to quibble with what...
Home-made publicity is a thing which many a Senator would relish. A few of them, such as Senator La Follette actually own their own press. To this number, Peter G. Gerry, Democrat from Rhode Island, recently added himself. He bought The Providence News, for a consideration not made public...