Word: whats
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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"We do not know what special attraction Rose Marie has for the King," said a member of the manager's staff at Drury Lane, "unless it is that His Majesty likes the tunefulness of the play and the fact that there is nothing in the text to cause embarrassment...
French Prime Minister Andre Tardieu: "As chief of the Government I certainly have no right to comment on a decision taken by appropriate jurisdiction. What I think remains with me."
Conscious of his strong position, Scot MacDonald had delayed until last week his report to Parliament on the Hoover conversations. Taking his time and keeping most of his secrets, the Prime Minister told the House in substance only what he had already told U. S. and Canadian reporters, namely that...
In the House of Lords, the big, sharp-tongued Earl of Birkenhead, Secretary of State for India in the late Baldwin Cabinet, sneered that the Labor Government "have mishandled the Indian situation in every conceivable way at every conceivable stage. . . . They have been frightened by the threats of Indian extremists...
U. S. Naturalist William Beebe: "That man was absolutely justified in what he did. There is no doubt in my mind whatsoever. I'd have done the same thing myself without any thought of the laws involved. . . . Of course I don't hold human life in as much esteem as...