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British troops patrolled the streets in armored cars, carried out the biggest mass arrest (approx. 2,700) in Palestine's troubled history. In the Bezalel section of Jerusalem every male under 60 was rounded up. The Eden Hotel, the city's second largest, was emptied of its guests. Jails and compounds bulged with Jews, most of whom were later released...
...official describes as "an entirely unofficial and imaginative effort," would require from 25 to 100 years to accomplish. Optimistic cockneys say it would be feasible "if Hitler had done a bit more damage." Asked the cost, Architect Lutyens replied airily: "Oh, just about what two days of war cost!" (approx. $100,000,000). Said a Royal Academy committeeman: "If you add another nought, it would be about right...
...their newsprint from C. P. & P. Nevertheless, many a disgruntled member of the Institute felt certain that some concession, involved perhaps in an exchange of stocks, had the effect of C. P. & P. "shading" the Institute's price of $55.20 per ton. The sight of that plum (approx. $26,000,000 prospective annual business) being so plucked made other Institute members feel they had been left suddenly in the cold. They at once began to assert themselves. Col. Price, whose company, a low-price producer, might be in the thick of any price war, declared that Price Bros...
...rules: Where formerly children under 14 were not admitted to fights, now all may go. All must pay, except sucklings. To ensure lively fights and no decrepit bulls, the latter must be at least four and no more than seven years old; must weigh at least 470 kilos (approx. 1128 lb.). They shall receive at least three punzadas (goadings), and more if not particularly brave or wild. Other parts of the code provide that: There shall be four horses for each bull, all horses to be at least 2.7 metres high...
...greatest amateur, 14 touches to 5 with the foils. Most critics believe he would have had an easy time with famed fencers of the past: Kirchhoefer, Greco, Pini, Rue. They rate him with the great Marignac, notable for his ferocity. Marignac was bigger than Nadi who, though stocky (approx. 160 Ibs.) is not tall (5 ft. 10½ in.) for a fencer. One of his most famous strokes is the "advance thrust"-a lunge made on the offensive which few fencers dare attempt. He is good with all weapons, but best with the foils. This week he sails, for Bordeaux...