Word: solemnities
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...spite of all this, however, Mr. Swinnerton's solemn declarations have not been received with all that seriousness usually accorded his remarks. "The report still persists that Barrie wrote the book," he complains. "The other day A. G. Gardiner poked me in the ribs and said that of course Barrie didn't write it and then he laughed." Did he, indeed? Oh, naughty Mr. Gardiner...
...storm from the Radical bloc. In Belgium the U. S. withdrawal was regarded as certain to cause the fall of Premier Theunis, who had leaned heavily on U. S. intervention, so heavily that Paris was considered unlikely to be able to restore his equilibrium in Brussels. In Italy, the solemn-faced Dictator, Premier Benito Mussolini, was " gravely disappointed," and IL Giornale d'ltalia, Rome journal, said: "We cannot lend our support to France's intransigent attitude upon this occasion." In Britain, the news was received with mixed feelings. The Rothermere press, of which the Hearst press...
Officialdom permitting, the bodies were to be removed from the vault on Oct. 18, during the course of a solemn religious ceremony, Ambassador Harvey being present...
Wearing the insignia of the Order of the Golden Fleece, little "King Otto," as he is known to a vast majority of Hungarians, followed by his sister and brothers, his mother, members of the Habsburg family and a large number of nobles, clergy and other notables, went in solemn procession to the church. There the Royal Family were received by the Primate of Spain, Cardinal-Prince Archbishop of Toledo, and by Bishop Dr. Ernst Seydl (former Court Pastor), who had come to Lequeito several weeks before to prepare and administer the Holy Confirmation to the Imperial Children. After a brief...
...outstanding addresses were undoubtedly those of President Cromwell of the Stock Exchange and James M. Beck, U. S. Solicitor General, the former a fighting speech against political meddling with business, the latter a solemn warning of the evil tendencies in politics and government today. A Baltimore banker was simultaneously cheered and hissed for a smashing attack on the Volstead Act; the connection of this subject with the business of banking was not made clear...