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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.

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He had also protested vigorously comments by Arthur Brisbane and the late Will Rogers anent holding companies.

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Dolmage-Heath Lima, Peru Sir: In your article anent the new Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden . . . you say two of Eden's brothers, Timothy and Nicholas, were killed.

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Evangelist Sunday made another prophecy, anent his stop in St. Louis.

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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