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...switch causes at the drop of an ideal. Having had enough of Bedford's muddled diatribes, the House of Lords once resolved that "the noble Duke no longer be heard." Ill at ease with most people, he often preferred the company of deer, bison and parakeets, was especially fond of spiders...
Besides, it would be sort of nice to win a promotion next year, and stand at the head of a parade. The band would be playing--maybe even that piece he was so fond of, "The Washington Post March"--and all those men in serried ranks following his commands. Passing the reviewing stand, it would be very dashing to salute the high brass while his men just turned eyes right...
...school. When doctors found nothing wrong, he thought of more excuses -a big police dog threatening him on the way to school, bullying by bigger boys, an unfriendly teacher. The dangerous dog turned out to be a galumphing puppy, nobody was bullying Fred, and his teacher was genuinely fond of him. She suggested that Fred's mother take him to Boston's Judge Baker Guidance Center...
Irresistible. In London, arrested for pinching a geranium from a windowbox while delivering mail, Postman Frederick Johnson was fined 10 shillings ($1.40) after telling the judge, "I am very fond of flowers and in a moment of temptation I took...
...face covered, and under such circumstances the girl's mother said her daughter would call anyone "the bad man who did it." It was clearly Reporter Bernice Freeman's week. Said she: "This has been the most exciting week of my life. But I still am very fond of George...