... coughed and smirked. Listen, Bessie, he said, laying his hand on hers. When the minister came in this morning he started to speak aboot my twa volumes o' Wealth o' Nations.' I telt him, as I telt you, I had read them dizzens o' times, an' he suggested that ...

... dressed, no collar or tie. He slouched over to the counter. Thamas regarded the newcomer unemotionally, and waited for him to speak. The tall man hung his head ; his unshaven face twitched. Mamas, he said, and his eyes dropped, it's me—Geordie. Tharnas ...

... themselves more conservative than the 'Tories themselves. Moreover we have about 100 Lab,,: M.l'.'s over 70 years of age w cannot speak their own langud let alone a foreign one. The on concern of these old fogeys i: • keep their cushy jobs in rli meat. War is ...

... three years' course includes such things as systematic breathing, speech training, mmnetlct, broadcasting. verse speaking, public speaking, the production of ph‘fl' stage management, mime, and make-up. ere are also lecture classes in the hmolx' of drama ...

... again, he said: “You have given me eneouraj‘emem to go on in the New Year. 1 ho%e all will go greatly 10 bind the Englis -speaking world and the great Republic on the other side of the world.' Shortly after the exchange of greetings he turned in. After ...

... did.not it was high tine they did. On the occasions on which be had had the privilege of hearing the Provincial Grand Master speak he bad heard that distinguished Brother say that never before was there a time when Freemasonry should be strong as it should ...

... Lawrence was guest speaker. Mr Lawrence bad arranged a programme giving the minimum of talk and the maximum of illustration. Speaking on musicthe performer and the listener—he brought out the points he wished to emphasise by pl4ing piano solos, gramophone ...

... stretching across the whole reign of Victoria. his personality fulfilling the auguries to which Scott had pointed, Mr Cecil can speak with some authority. His father, a man not much given to veneration, venerated Wellington as exemplifying whatsoever things ...

... menace— the blighters work too darn hard —have softened up. They have got their forty-hour week; there is no unemployment to speak of. But official stands are one thing and popular opinion another. The swing has a long way to_go. | B‘etween January 1946 ...

... aggression century ‘after century and has come to regard the ‘West with suspicion because of its long record of hostility? When we speak of Communist aggression to-day how many of us remember that against this background it is defensive, the determination to break ...

... Edinburgh coileague sums up the situation for the coming year: experience has taught us to keep our optimism within bounds. Speaking commercially, the picture-house now has the postage-stamp cinema, television, to mmgele with. But there is room for both ...

... the producer close to the killing centre. As a consequence, pig production in the Highlands is increasing. But generally speaking, freight costs have restricted any substantial, and certainly practicable, increase in produce from this area; and. what ...