Word: catchings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...City of the Caesars. All the same, Kaiser Wilhelm II became a "beastly Hun" for some years to his cousin George V, and Benito Mussolini was rapidly becoming even worse last week to English newspaper readers of whom none is more inveterate than His Majesty. In the catch-phrase of Fleet Street's more blatant organs, "Mussolini is out-Hunning the Huns...
...regular meetings, prominent German speakers have been presented and members have been presented and members have thus had opportunities to hear a wide variety of subjects discussed. In an endcavor to catch something of the atmosphere of a typical German student club, ceremonials and customs, quite foreign to us, but serving to give a clearer comprechension of a very typical side of the German student's life, have been introduced, particularly in the less formal part of the meeting, and have caused a spirit of good fellowships and the famous Gomuetlichkeit to provail. In addition, joint meetings with the Radcliffe...
...Detroit Tigers: the American League pennant, for the second year straight; by beating the St. Louis Browns, 2-to-0, for their 92nd victory of the year, which made it impossible for the New York Yankees to catch them before the season ends Sept. 29; in Detroit. Likeliest opponents for the Tigers in the World Series were the Chicago Cubs, who last week defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates, their 18th consecutive victory...
...sadist grafts a dead murderer's hands onto the wrists of a managled musician whose wife the sadist purposes to annex. Pretty? After the operation the musician (ably played by Colin Clive) is surprised to find his repertoire more or less limited to chopsticks, but he doesn't really catch on to what they've been doing to him until he develops an uncontrollable penchant for flicking pen-knives at people one of the murderer's old tricks. That's all the musician wants to know, and, (if it's not giving away too much) bald Dr. Gogoal gets...
...bless her soul, she felt sory for the Vagabond: the Vagabond living alone in his Tower. Did he have a good bed? A lamp to read by? Was he warm at nights? "Stone walls! You'll catch your death of cold!" She would have him comfortable; yes, and rich. Rugs for his chamber; wood for his fire; drapes for his windows; even a new cloak to wear. But the Vagabond is not sure. Leave his Tower? New Furniture? Strange clothes...