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...furlough from his job of shoeing horses at the U. S. Army's Fort Bliss. He went to Dallas to see the sights. After a few days he was broke, went to a matchmaker to ask for a fight so that he would have a place to flop at night. Back at his post, Private Jenkins was dissatisfied. The $15 he got for that one fight in Dallas was about two weeks' pay in the Army. A few weeks later, Private Jenkins bought himself out of the Army, went back to Dallas to pick up more fights...
...garment factory was a dismal flop, found no market for its coats and suits. Government loans of $200,000 fell due, and the Department of Agriculture, which had fallen heir to R. A.'s white elephant, finally foreclosed, sold some of the plant machinery for $1,811. Jersey Homesteaders who could find jobs commuted to Manhattan or Philadelphia, still counted themselves lucky to be living in the country at monthly rent...
Street & Smith executives told Editors F. Orlin Tremaine and Desmond Hall to go ahead, hire an office, put out a few is sues : Street & Smith would pay the bills. Mademoiselle came out in February 1935. It was such a flop that Editor Tremaine gave up and went back to Street & Smith. Editor Hall stayed on, but skipped the March issue entirely...
Miss George is that hostess and she has plenty of high spirits, but the party is pretty much of a flop. Miss George plays a let-her-rip U. S. showgirl who had been an English officer's war bride. Invited for a visit by her grown daughter (whom she hasn't seen since infancy and who has been brought up a lady), she goes, intending to play the lady too. Daughter turns out to be a terrible prig, and since Mama can't even dress like a lady, let alone act like one, there...
...Easter Monday, 1916, during World War I, a few thousand determined Irishmen decided that "Britain's extremity is Ireland's opportunity" and thought the time ripe for revolt. As a popular rising, the Easter Rebellion was a decided flop. In only four of the country's 32 counties did Irishmen take to arms. Only one small but aggressive group of people took part in it. The majority of Irishmen thought it was foolishly timed, were more angry than sympathetic about the commotion it caused...