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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
Fifteen-minute pause after dessert to listen to burst of rhetoric from unemployed husband anent, State of Union.
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Recently Mme. de Paris, desperate and confident in the potency of a woman's nagging, approached the Minister of Justice, spoke volubly anent the high cost of Life, the low wage of Death.
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.
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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
