anent

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The real crux of the speech was a statement by the Chancellor anent the "safeguarding" and McKenna duties, British equivalents of U. S. protective tariffs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week, at the Department of Commerce, Candidate Hoover received reports anent his great expectation.

From Time Magazine Archive

MINNIE�The usual Cinderella story anent the transformation of Minnie, the ugly duckling, into Minnie, the bird of Paradise, thanks to truelove and a permanent wave.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Naval Conference There has been the usual amount of come-on in the French press during the past week anent the exact location of the next war.

From Time Magazine Archive

These bans an’ wafts an’ boh-ghosts an’ barguests an’ bogles an’ all anent them is only fit to set bairns an’ dizzy women a-belderin’.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker