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...behold, one came and said unto Him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? . . . Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions...
...Behold this Government of duds...
...they did it was something to behold. Lacking brawn, they have to be nimble. And jack-nimble is what they are -and as well-drilled as the Rockettes. Michigan's sleight-of-hand repertory is a baffling assortment of double reverses, buck-reverse laterals, crisscrosses, quick-hits and spins from seven different formations. Sometimes, watching from the side lines, even Coach Crisler isn't sure which Michigan man has the ball. Michigan plays one team on offense, one on defense...
...tomatoes have jumped 10% overnight, why beans which cost 50 centavos a kilo in 1940 now cost 1.65 pesos, the stall-keeper glibly blames la situation Rusa or la inundation de Florida. Unconvinced that the Russians or the Florida hurricane has any connection, the housewife calls for witnesses to behold how she is being robbed; she may shout the top-drawer insult hambreador (hunger-maker), wind up with a call for el paredón (wall used as a backstop for firing squads...
...Saks Fifth Avenue ecstatically hailed one of its new styles: "How bewitching to the eye, how becoming to the figure, these lovely elongated lines . . . from a prophetic group of fall silhouettes." Those who glanced at the side view illustration of the new fall silhouette were startled to behold a long-skirted, skinny female with obtruded stomach, her profile resembling a collage of boomerangs and an aged orange...