Word: faces
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...operator" after shuffling the cards asks the "subject" to "call" them one after another through the pack as they are laid, face down upon the table. The number of "hits" made in any "run" through the pack is called the "score" for that...
...Europe has the same political face as in 1914, it will probably react to it in the same way. Germany lacks colonies, so she claims, and economic necessities. In western Czechoslovakia are not only three million Germans but deposits of coal and iron. Sitting in Vienna and trying to soothe II Duce with the words "I shall never forget this day." Hitler must be wetting his lips over the proximity of Czechoslovakia. But, superb timer that he is, he will wait, it may be a month, it may be two before he again moves. Meanwhile, Italy will debate on whether...
Leon Trotsky continues from exile to machinate against Joseph Stalin with such dreadful success that, as his agents and fellow conspirators, the 21 who now face death nearly succeeded in remaking the maps of Asia and of Europe by detaching from the Soviet Union and attaching to adjoining Capitalist countries territories with a total area of 625,000 square miles...
...Ralph stood around outside. Back on the mainland they were cornered by reporters. No, Al was not insane, they said. He was just broken in spirit. "Well, what do we do to get rid of you?" said Ralph. The reporters said they should pose for a picture. "Half my face,'' said Mae, wearily. Photographers then snapped the first picture (see cut) of Mae Capone since Al was sent to jail...
...improved model-an octagonal two-man job of corrosion-resisting steel, with one blank wall which the subjects face and seven bullet-proof windows for people with a scientific interest. It was designed by an enthusiastic artist named Earl C. Liston. It costs $5,000, about $1,000 more than an ordinary chamber, but it is worth it. With its hydrocyanic gas, it can kill two humans at a time, quickly, efficiently, without any mess. Says Earl Liston, with a craftsman's pride: "Our calculations show that this new chamber should snuff out the life in about 15 seconds...