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...have entire confidence that he will render himself acceptable to Your Excellency in the distinguished duty with which I have invested...
...traffic officer, one damaged trolley car, one bent automobile, one gash on the brow for the showoff, one fine of $1,000 for his relatives to pay. "That's the law for you!" he comments. Reverses of fortune and a good lecture from a sister-in-law render him unabashed. At the end the author makes the show-off partly instrumental in bringing a fortune to the family...
...terms of the leases, the Government receives a royalty in oil of about 17%. About two-thirds of this royalty is turned over to the Doheny and Sinclair companies for other services which they render. Thus of about 26,000,000 barrels of oil now estimated to be in Reserve No. 3 (Teapot Dome), the Government will receive about 1,666,666 barrels. The oil companies drill the wells, refine the oil, transport it (in the case of Sinclair and Teapot Dome, to the Coast; in the case of Doheny and Reserve No. 1, to Hawaii) and build oil storage...
...experience since 1921, energetically refuses any electoral or political alliances." He did not object, however, to including "single men from other parties, provided that their past, especially during and after the War, or their eminent intellectual qualities, are such as to give us reason to believe that they can render useful service to the nation." Of Mussolinismo-a term implying disapproval of Fascism and approval of Benito-the Premier said: "I can understand such a phenomenon, but I do not accept it. Certain people use my name to fight Fascismo. I warn them not to persist, because they might find...
...witness is privileged to refuse to testify to any fact or refuse to produce any paper, respecting which he shall be examined by either House of Congress, or by any committee, on the ground that his testimony or production of such paper may intend to disgrace him or otherwise render him infamous...