Word: whilom
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...that, coming out, I 'walked jauntily away' with the ulster of Representative Louis T. McFadden of Pennsylvania, little noting the spacious effect the garment gave me until I encountered 'strange articles' in the pockets. Retracing my steps, I encountered Henry Cabot Lodge, III, my grandson, whilom Harvard student, now a reporter on the Boston Transcript. But I refused to grant him an interview...
...combined Sun and Globe showed an average only 50,000 higher than The Sun's average six months ago. Of 110,000 other readers of the whilom Globe, Mr. Munsey's Evening Telegram (upon which he grafted some Globe features) seemed to have attracted 20,000. Evening papers outside the Munsey group thus absorbed 90,000 readers, perhaps 25,000 of whom were accounted for by The Evening Mail...
...whilom Rector of Epiphanv Church, Washington, D. C., is now the Rt. Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington. He was duly consecrated with high ceremony...
...more properly Giovanni Cabote, an Italian. There was George Cabot, President of the Hartford Convention in 1814-1815. But a Boston Who's Who of 1851 says that his family originated in Beverly, Mass., and was formerly called Corbett. This source might make James J. Corbett (whilom champion pugilist) kin to the Cabots of Boston...
Frederick William, ex-Crown Prince of Germany, now helping his father, whilom Kaiser, to entertain at Doorn was enigmatic when interviewed by reporters. He declined to discuss Royalist activities. Asked if he was intending to return to Germany, he laughed. Questioned about Monarchist plans at Doorn he smiled. In answer to a question about Doorn visitors, he rejoined that it was holiday time. All this may only go to prove what some people have long suspected- that the Prince is an irresponsible imbecile...