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Scandals involving medal peddling erupted throughout the 19th century. Premier Maurice Rouvier in 1887 even gave the husband of his mistress the Legion of Honor, presumably for the services eminents he had rendered the chief of government by his complaisance...
...favored characters is Elliott, the suave expatriate, who dictated from his deathbed: "Mr. Elliott Templeton regrets that he cannot accept Princess Novemali's kind invitation owing to a previous engagement with his Blessed Lord." Another is Suzanne Rouvier, a middle-class courtesan befriended by Larry, whose amiable moral outlook and shrewd achievement of respectability are vintage France and vintage Maugham...
...Columbia 'varsity crew is now rowing as follows: Bow, Applegate, 165; 2, C. A. Stephens, 160; 3. G. H. Stephens, 165; 4. Warren, 160; 5. Donnelly, 175; 6. Harris, 178; 7, Beck with, 167; stroke, Lockwood, 165; coxswain, Morrel, 110. The substitutes are: Rouvier, 167; Richards, 162, and Meikleham...
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