Word: suite
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Garden Party to U. S. and Canadian lawyers and to delegates to the Premiers' Conference. Three thousand guests were present. The King had notified his guests that all formalities would be waived, meaning "come as you are." Consequently, one U. S. lawyer (name unknown) went in a lounge suit and straw hat. Secretary of State and Mrs. Hughes, accompanied by Ambassador Frank B. Kel- logg, arrived at the Palace before the other guests, and had a long private talk with the King and Queen. For the rest of the afternoon they were made members of the royal circle, Secretary...
Until the present time, he explained, when a case that was at all doubtful came before the Revenue Bureau, it was decided against the taxpayer. The Bureau could not decide against itself and then bring suit against the taxpayer. So the poor taxpayer had to pay the assessment, just or not, and then sue to recover it. If the taxpayer won, he had settled, at his cost, the doubts of the tax-collectors...
...young man in the checked Victorian suit who composed Cavalleria followed it up with many others. Practically every one of these was a comparative flop, Pietro Mascagni remains a one-opera man (which, after all, is better than a no-opera man, particularly if the one opera is a Cavalleria). It is now 22 years since Mascagni visited the U. S. He arrives here next month, together with the score of his new Piccolo Marat, which has been successful at La Scala in Milan and the San Carlo in Naples. There is a chance that a howling success here will...
...countries. It is much to be regretted that stabilization of political conditions in China has not yet been achieved. It should, however, be fully appreciated that it is a tremendous undertaking for China to carry out the work of reform in all branches of her Administration to suit modern requirements...
...Manchester, Iowa, one Charles Rann, a newspaperman, stood on a street corner. Hard by, a water-main burst, deluging Rann's trousers, driving him home in confusion. Rann brought suit for $10,000 damages against the City of Manchester, the Bryant Paving Co., and others. Said he: "I was publicly humiliated...