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...system adopted in government, ever since the late glorious war was terminated by a most inglorious peace, will furnish us with many serious conclusions to the effect. In the present letter I shall but lightly touch upon a few of those circumstances, to prove my assertion, which fill a very, very long and black catalogue. The lucid intervals have been few and short indeed....

...system of trade. Routes are shown, with ships and even an aircraft. The latter anticipates the first Imperial Airways services to Empire, which started in January 1927. Its speech bubbles evoke modern cartoons, and the length of shipping routes is given with precision. But the poster also evokes nostalgia and tradition, and an older age of exploration and uncertainty. Its...

...system that many film distributors insist that exhibitors subscribe to – whereby studios demand cinemas give over a percentage of their screens to a film and show it repeatedly in order to secure a booking – can be detrimental to smaller indie movies. This can make it harder for them to attract an audience and recover filmmaking costs via ticket sales, which can...