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Amid shouts of "Banzai!" "Hail, Illustrious One!" "Greetings!" the Prince Regent proceeded unruffled on his way. Later Ambassador Silva explained that he thought the first policeman had said "Come, please" instead of "Comes Prince." Since the policeman's gesture made his intent clear, this explanation was considered very lame.* The Japanese Government was rumored to have entered an official protest against the "unwarranted tempestuousness" of the Ambassador...
...miners had offered to make a two and one-half or a five year contract on definite terms, but would not hear of arbitration. The operators were equally intent on securing an arrangement under which there would be no strikes for a long period?as near a permanent settlement as possible, with automatic means of adjustment as conditions changed...
...Walker is apparently intent on throwing out partisanship from certain parts of the city government. His appointments for Police Commissioner, Health Commissioner, and Commissioner of Plants and Structures were considered to be made on the basis of qualifications, with politics only as a minor consideration. It was announced in advance that the Health Commissioner would not be appointed without the approval of the Academy of Medicine. In a part of his address which he did not read, Mayor Walker promised...
Once he was so depressed by a chance word of rebuke from his father that he wandered off and disappeared for a time. Per contra, he once jumped from his bed in the middle of the night, intent on performing a newly conceived experiment, rushed to the Neva (on the other side of which stood his father's laboratory), plunged in and swam across. "I could not wait. The ferryboat was delayed," said...
...suitable terms. The Belgians came, poof and little, but proud. They were faced by a creditor who acknowledged that there were moral reasons for mitigating the debt. Arrangements were worked out on this basis. The French came exclaiming "We are poor! Oh, so poor, hélas!" and were intent on driving a bargain on semi-bankruptcy terms. They met a bargaining creditor and went home without result. But the Italians came and laid their cards on the table-or at least gave that impression. They said, "We are hard up. Here's an exact statement of our financial...