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...Amid the singing of that anthem by all present at the trial, he went scot*free...
...Amid virtually continuous cheering, Deputies representing all parties rose to thank Mr. Smith with similar warmth. The occasion marked the termination of League control over Hungarian state finance. Stenographers raced to catch every word of the torrent of laudation. Typesetters, printers, binders, rushed these heartfelt phrases into a vellum-bound volume. It was dedicated and presented to Jeremiah Smith, Esq. After a sumptuous banquet in his honor he quitted Hungary last week...
...rescued from a sentence of execution arising out of his unquenchable revolutionary activities by a popular demonstration without its like in the history of Peru. His official "coronation" at Lima as "Poet of America" followed amid a general public festival. President Leguia, "the bantam Mussolini of Peru" (TIME, Dec. 7), bestowed upon him a golden laurel crown. With unique audacity he suggested that "the crown would be improved by the addition of a sufficient number of emeralds to give it a leafy green appearance." A subscription was raised. The emeralds were added...
...hour later, when her match with Mrs. O. J. Dewhurst, a second-rank English player, had been definitely postponed, she drove up in an open Rolls Royce, sent her apologies to the Queen. She had not felt like playing, she said. Then, amid lusty English boos, she drove off. Said the London Daily News: "By being indisposed, Mile Lenglen has created a bigger sensation than if Poincaré had publicly embraced Caillaux...
Married. Ermino Spalla, onetime heavyweight boxing champion of Europe, to Senorita Esmeralda Ascoli; at Rome, amid a crowd of enthusiasts...