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  • s  as claimed by and for yourself often without justification

  • To complete the roster of soi-disant royal guests came, last week, Her Majesty the Dowager ex-Queen Amelie of Portugal and her son ex-King Manoel, whose Realm is now a most .
  • Furthermore moneyed Baron Tanaka has persuaded 29 of the Minseito opposition Deputies to bolt their party under Takejiro Tokonami and set themselves up as soi-disant independents.
  • Last week they fooled the guessers and went again, beamed from the "Royal Box" of the soi-disant "Theatre Royal in Drury Lane," while a frantic audience waved programs and sang .

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