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...allied obligations. He declared that he could not "divulge" his plans, vowed that Germany had tried a capital levy three times unsuccessfully, swore that he would resign rather than introduce it, and apparently expected the conference to express confidence in his famed "Wizardry," now wearing rather thin. The upshot of the matter was that M. Herriot, after imploring M. Caillaux tearfully to throw up his lot with the capital levy, negotiated a compromise with the bald necromancer...
...project was set on foot. In five minutes the audience had forgotten the novelty of the costuming and stage properties and were completely absorbed in the play. Shakespeare's art asserted itself as infinitely superior to a tendency to giggle when Hamlet appeared in modern clothes; and the upshot of the matter was that only those Londoners were amused by the idea who had not seen the play...
Meantime, only conjecture of the upshot...
...upshot of the meeting was a plan for the formation of a National Crime Commission, to conduct a criminal laboratory, act as an educational bureau and serve between communities as a clearing house of information about effective means for dealing with crime. Governor Smith of New York announced a plan for formation of a crime commission to bring the methods of preventing and punishing crime up to date. But more than a local effort was the aim of the meeting. F. Trubee Davison, son of the late Henry P. Davison (Morgan partner and head of the American Red Cross during...
...liberal mind, and the deepest regret I have in seeing him advance to the Supreme Court bench is that he is leaving the Attorney General's office, where I think he has been doing magnificent work ever since he has been there." The upshot of this prolonged