Word: inkstand
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...sign. Three look satisfied that they have done the right thing. But Hitler scratches his signature as if he were being asked to sign away his birthright." At the last moment fate tried feebly to avert the inevitable: the signing was delayed "when it was discovered that the pompous inkstand contained...
...Dzhigit." The night of Nov. 9, 1932 is memorable in Vasily's life. At a Kremlin party commemorating the 15th anniversary of the October Revolution, Nadezhda Allilueva argued with her husband about a political amnesty he was postponing, and in anger threw an inkstand at him. Early next morning, the Kremlin doctor was called to Stalin's apartment. Nadezhda lay dead on the floor. Stalin stood by, white and drawn, a pistol nearby on the desk. Nadezhda had committed suicide, he said, undoubtedly over a law exam she was studying...
Further gifts of a silver inkstand to Miss E. N. Emery secretary of the House, a sketch of the portrart to Mrs. Coolidge, and a silver chronometer to Professor Coolidge were also made at the dinner...
...Good luck to you! All the luck in the world!" shouted Franklin Roosevelt as the train pulled out for Quebec. They had all exchanged photographs, and the King gave the President a gold inkstand. To Their Majesties, Mr. & Mrs. Roosevelt presented copies of all the books they have written...
Upon being told by the nearest British civil servant, he exclaimed, "Indeed! Do you actually inform me that that is the inkstand of His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs? I am accustomed to a silver and crystal inkstand. This appears to be of braass and glaass...