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...most melodious word in our language; Tennyson's choice for the same distinction unfortunately is not admitted to polite company. Even men of the same tongue are apt to got into difficulties, as Americans in England have discovered with such words as "bloody" and others that appear equally innocent. Lord Robert Cecil, when he was being entertained in a Boston club, meant only courteous approval when he remarked "What a homely room you have here!" and he found it difficult to understand the coolness of his hosts during the rest of the evening...
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, following Budget Director Lord's announcement of an expected treasury surplus at the end of the year, made public the Government's plan for refunding the Victory Loan. Victory Notes fall due on May 20. Part of them were called for redemption last December. But $830,000,000 of the Victory Loan yet remains to be paid...
...Eliot's "Five-Foot Shelf". Since they asked for advice about books, Dartmouth sent a list of 155, dating from Walter Scott to Booth Tarkington--recommending Barrie and Shaw especially. President Hibben suggested, among others, "Introduction to Political Science" by Pettell, "The Life of Abraham Lincoln" by Lord Charnwood, and "Literary Taste and How to Form It," by Arnold Bennett...
...candidates for the vacant position: 1) Stanley Baldwin, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who, from the nature of his position, has been more in touch with Bonar Law than any other man in the Cabinet. He has also considerably increased his prestige by his handling of the budget. 2) Lord Derby, the Secretary of State for War. Lord Derby's knowledge of the continent and his known sympathetic understanding of the Ruhr problem would make him a popular candidate. He is also regarded as an excellent politician, having held many important Cabinet posts in former Governments. 3) Lord Curzon...
...with God and reason down, rather than begin with a piece of dirt and reason up.' Arthur Brisbane, Hearst editor, replied: 'If Mr. Bryan accepts the Biblical account he must begin with a piece of dirt and reason up, for it says, Genesis 11,7: And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground...