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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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Fifteen-minute pause after dessert to listen to burst of rhetoric from unemployed husband anent, State of Union.

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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.

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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.

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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