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...they guessed, the night watchman must suspect that it was not just amour they were after. Sure enough, soon after Cynthia and her lover entered the darkened office, the door burst open and the watchman studied them under a powerful flashlight. Finally, he blurted, "I beg your pardon, madame, a thousand times," and fled down the corridor. Before going to work on the safe, Cynthia had taken the simple precaution of removing all her clothes...
Jump Ahead. Son of a New Jersey advertising salesman, Hayden caught his first glimpse of the sea in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, where his mother and stepfather had fled a jump ahead of the creditors. Before long he was slipping down to the Gloucester and Boston docks to beg a berth on the beam trawlers. By the time he got his skipper's papers, he was something of a local hero (LOCAL SAILOR LIKE MOVIE IDOL headlined the Boston Post). A well-meaning friend sent a letter to a Hollywood agent: "There's a young fellow back here named...
...tiff, correct but bristling. Cajetan employs tact, diplomacy, the accumulated wisdom of the church. Held in the awe some grip of revealed truth, Luther will not budge unless he can be refuted by Scripture. Cajetan pleads with him not to rend the seamless unity of the Christian world: "I beg of you, my son, retract." With nerves clenched more tightly than his teeth, Luther answers: "Most worthy father, I cannot." The papal bull of condemnation follows...
...sixth Station, the voice of Veronica offers "to wipe the sweat of those who carry the Cross." The band plays I Believe as a whole gallery of unfortunates rushes forth to beg compassion, among them a convict, an unwed mother ("Wipe my face, me who carries in my belly a son who has no father"), an unemployed worker and a prostitute ("Why won't humanity...
...confidence motion but made the most of it anyway, bitterly condemned the air-training exercises that are to be held jointly with the U.S. and Britain in India, probably in November. The Communists also baited Food Minister S. K. Patil for his "annual pilgrimage to America to beg for more food." Retorted Patil: "Moscow is a delightful city. I wish I could go there all the time. But there are no surpluses of food in Russia...