anent

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I desire to speak earnestly anent a degenerate form of singing which is called 'crooning.'

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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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Rosendahl's statement anent the temperature was meant to refer to the desert section lying east of Banning.

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Kansas City, Mo. For information anent the repeal of an old rule, thanks.�ED.

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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