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...political union between Austria and Germany. Considering the difficulty with which Bismarck ejected Austria from the Confederation such talk is astounding. Gone is his empire; gone the House which he patiently raised to great power; and now his arch-enemy Austria reappears amid the fold from which he drove it with blood and iron. But the wheel of fate which has crushed the works of his hand has likewise crushed Austria. Stripped of its power, its land, its resources, the once proud state looks to a weak Germany as its last hope in a struggle for existence...
From the docks, he drove straightway to a large hotel. At this point, enthusiastic journalists, bereft of all reason, had multiplied his fortune, exaggerated his power, invented many things. They could not decide whether the mining magnate of South America had taken seven or nine rooms at his hotel, half a floor or a whole floor- at any rate he stayed at a hotel...
...said, he was convulsed with laughter. The score is easy, melodious, lighthearted, reminiscent of Wagner iu mannerism rather than in poetry. Miss Bori was Mistress Ford; Tenor Gigli, Master Fenton; Mme. Alda, Nannette. All did well, But the critics, as they hailed their frost-bitten taxi-men and drove home, were replacing their familiar bromides with other phrases: "A scene quite without precedent" (The New York Times) ; "A relatively obscure singer who walked away with the chief honors" (The New York Herald-Tribune) ; "An eager young man, who made music history when the brilliant audience lost control" (The New York...
...Glacier National Park, heavy snows drove elk and deer into the lower valleys, out of the park. Some 15 are known to have been killed...
...spite of repeated fines for eating out of commons, a strong dislike to being herded together and forced to eat poor food, gradually drove the students to eating in public taverns. The attempts of the authorities to enforce the rules soon aroused the students to active revolts in which they met force with force. The simplest and most popular expression of disapproval of the food consisted in impromptu bombardments, when the offending meats, ples, and puddings were hurled about the room, followed, in the more acute manifestations, by the table ware and utensils...