Reading Standard Etc 03-1918

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is d~i~g; pretty weI!, thM\k you'1
Thond<>n -is 'rlitherl pleased to have .been
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the dog '! ' qlJ which Lord Rhondda
his D,ew phY$c? - We~. sbOvld
fatber like -a ~ecOnd helping ~ but it is '
to be l Contetii with on~ ' (arld a
one' at ' that)· t1iail!"1utrerlae~nil
,as . tIle iR uSBiahs are:: doing.
';\-l~!Aln a~d Th-otsky ha~e tau~t t~etd
-words as · your _ oply /- f\>Od 'Me
wi,nd,Y and less ~atisfyipg even
In po~t of fact,' Ithe
certainty Jf gettiilg YOllr
liation of D).e,at, ··butter, or m~garine,
. aboVtion of the_. gueJeJ " ""r' .·~,,--II
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on- vy edQ.esd~y . wee~, ari'd only
of, the , little · ,
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,ip the Land are .
"j playing the
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th..em ,And·the
rolk. an, 'fol1017Vjng theJ , example ' very
g~ntlemen anhe newspaper
~akll it their\lUsine~Bto '
e~erything,
discqyeredCity man', w)io -.probably
rclssed his m~~aay chqp or
he 'f.lli-st put on' atop-Ilat;
card 'at j:Jom~, and contented IhilmsEil/
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restau~_antSi. !fDd '. ,'bol;els
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Alexapder Christie, has DriovE>d t.h<>"",.,1u.
of a. cool heild and .. lion's cO\lralrelin
the ~nemy, O!1r ~a.d8J Iiad
enemy. po!'iti?n,' jlndj the
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cIearea ;, ~ifficult position a~ . a
critical time a,\!i sa.v~d - many\,
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machine-gun fir.e I an~ . shell . fire,

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