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...their own," can and must do so only for reasons of state. Disputes will be settled by a Reich Press Court, the judges to be appointed by Dr. Goebbels. Ended is the peculiar German system under which each newspaper had a so-called "responsible editor"-usually the office bum-who stood ready to go to jail for mistakes or libels committed by the staff. From now on every German journalist is legally responsible to and must uphold the State...
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Five farmers on the jury wanted to punish the defendant for meddling. It took 14 ballots to win them over to acquittal. "Bum break," growled Farmer Schroeder...
...attention but an infinite skill with certain kinds of characterization are what should prevent the attention from wavering. A poorer picture than Sweepings would be justified by Ratoffs rebuke to a department store Santa Claus whom he catches removing his beard: "Vat are you-Senta Claus or a bum we picked up for two-fifty...
...That fellow over there, you mean. Oh, he blew in the other day from the Business School. Had a little temperature, and said he was all done in. Huh! Now look at him cramming for a four hour exam he can't attend. Lucky bum--he's got permission to dictate it to a nurse...