Word: statements
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Governor Alvan Tufts Fuller of Massachusetts, who last fornight had somewhat curtly replied to a request that he appoint a committee of investigation with the statement that the matter was his responsibility to be investigated as he saw fit, last week, suddenly, surprisingly, did appoint exactly the kind of committee which he had been asked to name...
...return for this, the official statement was made and agreed to by the State that "the liability of the said defendant, Len Small, in this case is solely for interest received by the other defendants herein." In other words, though Treasurer Small, by virtue of his office, could be held liable for the bank's profit from its handling of state funds, he personally was acquitted of having received a portion of those profits for his own benefit, advancement or pleasure...
...quaint statement, however, is that this modern hermit avows his belief in the simple life, and thinks that Americans tend to "overdo things." There might be those who overdo the critical faculty to the extent of saying that one day atop a flag-pole is more than enough, and that a week spent in such a location savors in itself of overdoing things. Mr. Kelley, however, that shall be his title until his canonization upon the stage,--does not consider his martyrdom in such a light. He denies any attempt to reap publicity, swearing his simple intention of showing mankind...
Diplomatic Break. A few hours later diplomatic relations were formally severed; and the official Soviet diplomatic and trade representatives were given ten days in which to clear out of England. The Soviet charge d'affaires ordered packing to start at once, but took care to issue a formal statement branding as "forgeries" all incriminating documents in the British White Book...
Following this line of suggestion, it is not difficult to understand the secret of Beethoven's appeal for an acquaintance with his works will corroborate the statement that Beethoven is first, an emotional composer, second, an artist of great dramatic power; and third, a man of fascinating humor, whose works have their being to intensify those never changing qualities in man--his basic emotions, love, joy, sorrow, his craving for the dramatic, for something to happen, and his instinct for what is humorous--for the incongruities and variety in the spectacle of life...