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...period of his speech, he said : "We have unanimously decided that the form of the German State is not to be altered." (Loud, ironical laughter.) Continued the Chancellor: "This matter is really too serious for me to adopt the standpoint of those who laugh about...
...motion was then introduced declaring that Premier Braun, as Minister of Education, lacked the Diet's confidence. Voting resulted 220 for the 217 against. Loud cheering from Monarchists, People's Party and Communists, who declared that the Government must resign. Herr Bartels, Socialist Speaker, was of a different opinion. He declared that a vote of no confidence required an absolute majority of the 450 Deputies that form the Diet (226) ; this number they had failed to obtain...
...loud-tongued auctioneer addressed a vast crowd of official diplomatic and social Washingtonians. The furnishings of the home of the late Senator Frank D. Brandegee, who committed suicide last fall, had been put up at public sale. The hammer fell repeatedly as the public bought valuable furniture, Oriental rugs, beautiful books and a rare collection of paintings, etchings, prints, including many portraits of men of the Revolutionary period...
...SHOW-OFF-Large talk and loud laughter over the young man who talks all the time and succeeds in saying nothing...
...Logan, Mr. Pennypacker and Mr. Moore have a trying task. The cry for a winning team is loud. The mechanics of producing it is not at all simple. The success of the Haughton teams was so sweet to Harvard men that, as they remember the scores, there is likely to be forgetfulness of the long path that led to victory. There is a competent body of men working on the problem, and impatience seven months before the first game is hardly called for, even if the stories of it make diverting reading. --The Boston Herald...