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...subjects to a minute character-analysis. After his pet orangutan dies and Mr. Bulgakov pays a visit to the novelist's wife, up pops the devil. The scientist feigns madness (a circumstance which will extenuate his crime), kills the lady's husband with a very heavy ash tray. Then follows Mr. Bulgakov's big scene, with a stage entirely to himself. It turns out that he really is mad. For 15 minutes he rants, chatters, tears his hair, sweats copiously, prostrates himself, gives a fine exhibition of ornate oldtime play-acting in the best tradition of Richard...
...course of removing the old fence, an old ash tree had to be chopped down, four men taking eight hours to saw through the tree. It was found to be 300 years old by actual count of the seasonal rings...
Such a delightful informality is certainly an indication of our changing athletics. One can hardly venture to assert what will take place when seven house crews take to the Charles simultaneously. Perhaps the authorities will find it necessary to provide the shells with ash trays and bottle openers, but at all events one hopes the boats will not degenerate into beer kegs manned by topers...
...Company. Allied is a holding company whose operations may be divided into five groups: The Solvay Process Division produces soda ash and caustic soda, in both of which products there was unexpected price-cutting during December when 1931 contracts were being made. Earnings from this division are thought to be running 40% below last year. Its big competitor is Mathieson Alkali Works, Inc. When it was absorbed by Allied, the Solvays of Belgium, one of Europe's richest families, acquired much Allied stock. They also have a big interest in Imperial Chemistry Industries of Britain...
With the funds that remain the committee has made tentative plans to purchase ash trays with, and to distribute them among the members of the dormitory...