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...individuals. The rigid royal rule of not accepting gifts from strangers was adhered to and the gifts were all returned by registered mail, allegedly costing the Baron no trifling sum for postage. It was stated that from 10 to 40 letters 'daily are received from admiring females whose sole request is for an autographed photograph. Even this trifling comfort has to be denied them. But they receive a form letter, expressing profound regret...
After the War, the application of balance of power was more simple, but less efficacious. France and Italy were the sole Great Powers on the Continent; but national animosities kept them apart and thus played into the hands of Britain. Alone of the ex-enemy States, Germany remained a potential Great Power. In the manifold disputes which from time to time arose between France and Germany, Britain was able, although not always successfully under the new economic conditions, to exert considerable pressure upon one side or the other...
...bends the neck. Only in these two cities and in some others is the situation far graver in that it involves the integrity of the news columns, which in New York fare on the whole free from advertisers' and other privileged pressure. ... If journalism is a profession then the sole business of the 'business side' of a newspaper is to nourish the 'editorial side...
...Institutions. "The Constitution is the sole source and guarantee of National freedom. We believe that the safest place to declare and interpret the Constitution which the people have made is the Supreme Court of the United States...
...made a speech of welcome : "The Allied Governments have been meeting and have come to certain understandings which they wish to communicate to the German Government and, in so far as they require to have the assent of the German Government, they wish to discuss them with it. The sole business of the Conference is to deal with matters arising out of the application of the Experts' Report; and to that I must, as Chairman of the Conference, confine its attention. I hope that by the exercise of the desire and spirit of cooperation we may arrive speedily...