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...plate came round, even that had a hallowed tone in keeping with the sacred morning. As it passed the Crimson editor, piled high with bounty, a white slip of paper detached itself from the pile of money and fell to the floor. It was a check for ten dollars, crisp and sea-colored, signed by a well-known New York attorney. It was drawn on the National City Bank, and the donor, moved by the holiness of Easter, had made it payable...
...vote was taken, the oldsters of the Senate rallied affectionately around Oldster Fletcher. Party lines were split. The final count: For Fletcher, 34; Against the Canal, 39. A motion was made to reconsider the vote. While it was pending, those who voted against the canal received boxes of fine crisp celery from, South Florida. Some who voted for it received telegrams from a Florida hotel man inviting them to be his guests "at any time while in Florida." Closer still was the second vote: 36-to-35. Heartsick Senator Fletcher saw his hopes defeated unless President Roosevelt decided to ignore...
...form of a crisp White Paper of 19 closely-printed pages the House of Commons received last week a fateful invitation from the Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin. In a general way the Prime Minister invited a confidence vote of which the result might be to spend $1,500,000,000 as rapidly as possible for further Armament, or to spend immensely more, should His Majesty's Government think best. The White Paper was a bid to be accorded virtual carte blanche-billions for Armament, and no questions asked. In the words of the paper: "Any attempt to estimate...
Then Germany, which was sending blobby pictures with the mechanical scan ner, heard of Farnsworth. To his Philadelphia laboratories went suave, crisp Dr. Paul Goerz, head of Fernseh Radioaktien-gesellschaft of Berlin, and a tall, super cilious radio engineer named Rudolph Moeller. After secret conferences and demonstrations, the Germans leased the Farnsworth system for Fernseh, backed by the Nazi Government. The price was not revealed, but as part payment Farnsworth got U. S. rights to Bosch and Zeiss patents controlled by Fernseh. These include a yellow receiving screen which is supposed to be superior to RCA-Victor's green...
Somewhat suppressed is the humor of the distinguished pair: Ginger's candid pertness and Fred's urbane, nonchalant thrusts. In this picture they go through a rather desultory courtship, which might amuse those who enjoy witnessing embarrassment, but can hardly satisfy those who look for the crisp and the bright. The other thread of romance between Randolph Scott and Harris Hilliard, adds but little...