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...commission said that it found "positive evidence of an explosion in the starboard wheel-well of a timed infernal machine." The evidence consisted of 1) "deep pitting by shrapnel." 2) "a hole blown inward into the No. 3 fuel tank." 3) "four parts of a twisted, burned and corroded clockwork mechanism that has no relation to any equipment or structure of the aircraft." These proofs of sabotage, the Indonesians concluded, are "irrefutable...
...Stoll Theater, Noddy and his friends went through a typical Noddy plot. As the curtain opens, Noddy is peacefully driving his Toyland Taxi ("Parp parp! Parp parp!"), when all of a sudden the Red Goblins appear. They tip over lamp posts, steal the keys that wind up the clockwork clowns, let all the animals out of Noah's ark. And who gets blamed for all the mischief? Little "Niddy Niddy Nod" Noddy, of course...
Somewhere between the mysteries of the atom and the endless wastes of interstellar space, man seems to drift in helpless ignorance of the powers and purposes that hold him. The universe that once seemed to be clockwork now throbs with awesome power, before which modern men (including scientists) turn to God. On the other hand, Freud and hormones have mechanized man's yearning heart; man's emotions no longer lead easily from...
...Hobbyist Applesmith dreams of an all white Africa in which everything will "go like clockwork." He has lived in this dream for so long that he has begun to anticipate it by creating clockwork forms of living things. Applesmith's mechanical fox terrier bitch can be made to beg for tidbits. And, says Applesmith, "nothing in its expression reproaches you for denying it ... The owner of my bitch need never feel guilty...
Like most madmen they have excellent "reasons" for destroying the very ground they walk on. Old Mrs. Harding thinks it will make it easier to find her teeth. Hemper hopes to take advantage of the fire to steal and "measure" Agatha's baby (he will give her a clockwork one. made by Applesmith. instead). Also among the "fire-raisers" are an innocent Kaffir boy, who merely wants to cook a decent meal, and Negro Servant Benjamin, who has lost patience with the sickness of his masters. "Burn, Africa, burn," he cries, as he strikes his match, "to tell...