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...Breathless, popeyed, footsore runners from the Northern Front brought Emperor Haile Selassie news that 4,700 Italians have been killed by Ethiopians in savage skirmishes bordering the area nominally conquered by Il Duce's forces. Runners from the Southern Front told of the capture from Italians of 1,000 precious rifles and 20 priceless machine guns, of Italian tanks stranded and abandoned, Italian native troops mutinying...
After working on newspapers in St. Louis, Chicago, and Montreal, John B. Kennedy became an associate editor of Collier's magazine. He specialized in writing breezy interviews with stage and screen celebrities. Kennedy was a man of the world and he knew bow to keep out too much breathless adoration of the great...
Ever since 1927 various British boardinghouse-keepers have fed and housed Stuart and her elderly companion, Miss B. M. N. Morgan. "Three kings were her godfathers," Miss Morgan has explained to boardinghouse-keeper after breathless boardinghouse-keeper. "She is a Princess of the House of Bourbon. The estate will soon be settled up and she will...
...doors for a chance to hear it. For fear of rioting, gates of the Palace of Fine Arts were at first locked. Angry crowds threatened to tear them down. Conferences ensued between police, the Ministry of Education and the principals. The gates were opened, and in swept a breathless and perspiring crowd to hear the two duelists fight over "What Constitutes Revolutionary...
Being new at the author business I don't know just what to say. I'm breathless-it is something beyond my fondest hope...