Word: son-in-law
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Dates: during 1887-1887
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...detail the causes which forced President Grevy to resign. President Grevy is a man who has rendered great service to the French nation, and is consequently highly respected. His resignation was called for only as a measure of last resort to preserve the country from anarchy. His son-in-law, M. Wilson, was discovered to have used his influence to enrich himself by corrupt practices, and this discovery, taken with the recent attempted sales of decorations, made the people clamorous for his punishment as an example. President Grevy refused to abandon his son-in law, and a hostile feeling arose...
...Little Duke." Exeunt, leaving Harvard and Stubbs to sing a duet. Erminie again. These gone, another duet by Dorothy and her mother. Cholomondeley follows, then a gag song by Harvard, to whom enters Dame Daffodil with a song from "Iolanthe," and the two accept each other as son-in-law and mother-in-law, respectively. Re-enter pirates and damsels, who sing a chours from "Ruddygore." Next in a solo, Dame Daffodil expresses her glee at the prospect of becoming "a very irascible mother-in-law," and then a final chorus from "Lorraine." This ends the first act, leaving...