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...That they are surely false is proved by the popularity of periodicals like the "New Yorker," "Stage," and "Vanity Fair." Especially to be commended is the Freshman's preference of the "Yale Records" to the "Harvard Lampoon." We might also commend their pertinacity in resisting the wiles of the coy cowboy, who presumptiously attempts to arbitrate on their literary selection--a task hardly suitable to a constant purveyor of "Collier's Weekly," "World Almanac" and "Bunk...
...dumb monster (George Rosener) and a paint shop in the attic where purloined vehicles can be made unrecognizable in three and one-quarter minutes. Fast Life (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) is a flagrantly foolish little picture in which Sandy Norton (William Haines) wins a big speedboat race with his coy fiancee (Madge Evans) sitting beside him and a large crowd cheering, in Avalon Bay off Catalina Island, Calif. Sandy is a young inventor and ex-sailor who finances the installation of a special carburetor in his Miss Victory by boarding yachts and robbing their owners. It is giving away no secret...
...several odd jobs to do on the way. Followed by a comet's tail of attaches and Japanese reporters, he went from Tokyo first to Mostow, where he attempted, to arrange for Russian recognition of Manchukuo. Soviet officials remained coy but indefinite. Russia is genuinely anxious to sign treaties of non-aggression with her neighbors, but she can see no advantage in recognizing Manchukuo without first receiving such a treaty from Japan...
...Convict Coy Mitchell-He told me about his girl back home. He said he was going to kill himself. I never made no reply...
...place at Peiping to hold the north for him. For days he bargained frantically with three possible candidates: Ho Ying-chin. Minister of War in the Wang Cabinet; Han Fu-chu, War Lord of Shantung; old Marshal Wu Pei-fu, the Scholar War Lord. The three candidates remained coy, having discovered two highly objectionable tin cans attached to this offer: 1) the new lord of Peiping can expect no subsidy from the Nationalist government; 2) he will be expected to take the blame for the apathetic Manchurian and Japanese policy which Chiang Kai-shek intends to pursue. Yakamashii. The Young...