anent

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

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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.

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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