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...David Kirkwood, Labor member for Dumbarton, is what the English call a "character"-which means that he is not amenable to discipline or respectful of convention. A typical Scot, he is certainly one of the most outstanding men of the Parliamentary Labor Party and, in spite of his rough humor and coarse tactics, is well liked by the Liberals and most of the Conservatives...
...Northeastern business school in Chicago. And business English is short and "Kicky". At last the lie is passed to Shakespeare, Browne, and Johnson, and all the other foreigners who talked over the businessman's head: they didn't write good English. The son of the Rotarian may henceforth plead scot-free of Milton: he didn't write good English...
...Michael Canal wren a young man threw what appeared to be a snowball at the Imperial sledge. The snowball went off with a thundering detonation, the carriage was shattered, two men of the Tsar's escort were killed outright, many were wounded; but Alexander escaped scot-free...
...this case the canny Scot is James A. MacKintosh of Edinburgh, who is at present attending Princeton University as one of the holders of the Davison Scholarships, which correspond to the American Rhodes Scholarships...
...minutes to score, that Rudman recovered a Brunonian fumble on the one-foot line. Scott called for time out immediately. When the ball was put into play again Clark had just 10 seconds to leap across a mound of prostrate Brown bodies for the Seconds only touchdown. Scot's kick was blocked...