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...becomes a matter of fiery drama, and the most eventful period of British parliamentary history becomes the most exciting; Her lucid analysis of the political situation sets the stage, her vivid incidental sketches of "Dis," Lord Pam, Victoria, people it. Impartial, she creates Peel with all his faults of temper, tactlessness and lack of humor, but sets him centre stage in all his grandeur as England's greatest Premier...
...trains at a small railway station. Rushing up to the station master she stamped her foot, cried: "I am afraid, Meinheer, that you are negligent. ... I am the Princess of the Netherlands, sole heiress to the Throne. ... I am not accustomed to change trains." Oddly enough such displays of temper proved extremely popular among stolid Hollanders, who rejoiced that their Crown Princess seemed to possess all the characteristic dash and spirit of the Royal House of Orange. Wise Queen Emma curbed her daughter so adroitly that the present Queen Wilhelmina was once heard to exclaim with girlish penitence...
Aged 55, Senator Robinson retains his drawl and heartiness. His fists are big, his temper quick. Four years ago, during a golf course argument, he punched down another player (one Dr. James F. Mitchell of Washington, D. C.) and had to be suspended from the Chevy Chase Club. Senate Democrats respect his courage and vocabulary. Latest to be whipped into order was Alabama's ponderous Heflin, who challenged Senator Robinson's leadership during one of his Pope-baiting tirades (TIME...
North Carolina's Simmons remained hostile. Virginia's peppery little Glass arrived, was given a hotel room without a bath, lost his famed temper (TIME, May 28), vowed he never would vote for Smith. Missouri's Reed, after seeming to have quieted down, snapped "I am tired of this rot," and issued a statement which was a transparent attempt to rally the dwindling dry bloc. But it seemed that nothing upsetting would really happen-unless there came a fight over the party's platform...
...heart attack in 1923 left him, his friends thought, less equable of temper than before. Perhaps this contributed to his defeat for the Speakership in 1925. Failing health did not, however, impair his capacity for work. He continued at the head of the Appropriations Committee, devoting even his recesses to study...