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...ALIGHT, whimsical story of a kind-hearted big butter and egg man is this latest of Mr. Hargraves' novels. It is easy reading; entertaining, amusing, but of course, lacking in depth. It doesn't make you think, but it does make you smile. If that is what you are looking for, we recommend "And Then Came Spring" heartily...
...Boss" Stalin will discourage the wasting of Communist fuel in vain attempts to set the world on fire, but shrewdly strives to keep the Communist flame alight beneath the boiler of his own political steam roller...
...large as cooperative projects gain ground. But it is not surprising that such as Sweden, which has played the role of interested spectator in Europe's sword-rattlings, should be the most thoroughly pervaded with the new nation. One remembers that the dove has always found it easiest to alight in Geneva the Hague, or Stockholm than in Paris, London, or Berlin...
...50th mile passed, the eagle reeled crazily in the air, sideslipped, almost dropped into the foam. The cook sought to lure it to alight and rest by spreading meat scraps upon the stern. The eagle soared once more by great effort, distanced the ship for an instant, suddenly appeared to faint in midair, fell thump upon the deck...
...whether used for fuel or as a lubricant, when spread upon the sea, quickly forms a very light layer on the surface, tends to increase surface tension of the. water and hence has a tendency to prevent the breaking of waves. I have often seen gulls alight in this thin layer of oil in harbors, but I have never seen one unable to take off as a result...