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Bright-flying foam-drops stung...
...great Secularization Bill of 1905, whereby the French church and state were separated. Loud demands were soon current that M. Poincaré must withdraw this measure, or the Socialists and Radicals would order the Ministers representing them in the present Sacred Union Cabinet (TIME. Aug. 2, 1926) to withdraw. Stung to action the Prime Minister confronted critics with an adroit blend of suavity and truculence...
Nearly two months ago (TIME, May 28), there appeared in the Oxford Isis an editorial denouncing "Buchmanism." Like all criticism of this cult, the editorial received wide publicity. Observers in the U. S. supposed that English collegians, like the majority of their U. S. fellows, had been stung to fury by an unauthorized insertion of an unpopular propaganda. Such a supposition was not encouraged by a letter which was soon published in the London Times...
...playgoers by the excellence of his judgment. The play, as translated by Sir Gerald du Maurier, seemed nearly as neat and sparkling as it did on the evening of Queen Victoria's "command performance," nearly half a century ago. Surely it was well played. William Faversham, 60, perhaps stung to effort by the recent and successful theatrical activities of his eldest son William Faversham Jr., gave an impeccable performance as Henry Beauclerc, the suave ambassador who, by sniffing the scent of a lady's handkerchief, regains important documents of state...
...Royal Dutch head, predicting, early disaster, then wanted to know which nation or financial body was going to be "stung" by giving the last credit to the Soviets. ". . . To think that after considering the above anybody would be foolish enough to undertake the working of these fields under temporary ownership ... is too silly for words...