Word: foils
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...detective is superior to his impersonation of Julius Caesar in Cleopatra but none of the ingredients of The Dragon Murder Case is sufficient to make the picture a puzzle or a shocker. Typical shot: Eugene Pallette, who, no matter who plays Vance, always appears as Vance's stupid police foil, muttering his catch line: "My experience as a criminologist teaches me to suppose...
...nominal commander, disliked him, disapproved of his aims and methods. But Morgan's gallantry and success in raiding through Kentucky and Ohio soon made him a bogeyman to the North, a hero to the South. One of his tricks was to capture a telegraph station, send fake messages to foil the enemy. Once he wired to his disgruntled pursuer: "Good morning, Jerry! This telegraph is a great institution. You should destroy it as it keeps me too well posted...
...abusive letter in his daily mail. He knew that his invalid son. best of his family, was dying. When Hallem's son brought him the news of his father's suicide and accused Roiter of having always felt contempt for Hallem, of needing his wretchedness as a foil for his own excellence. Roiter admitted it. When Roiter died, a few days later, he was a really great man at last. Side by side with this main narrative- the lifelong duel between Hallem who wanted to die and Roiter who was determined to live-are the hardly less moving...
...rich Annapolis graduate for whose Thompson Cup the U. S. Military and Naval Academies used to contest at football, agreed to furnish the prize. Last week's matches were regarded by U. S. swordsmen as second only in importance to the Olympics, were fought as usual with foil, epee and sabre, but the scoring system was slightly different from previous years. Each team put up four men in each event, each event to comprise 16 bouts. Each bout won counted two points to the winning team. Ties in epee counted a point apiece. Team with the highest total...
...Rosenthal's antidote is sodium formaldehyde sulphoxylate, which changes the poison into less toxic mercurous compounds. It is administered through a stomach tube and intravenously. Dr. Rosenthal has saved every one of ten acutely poisoned humans, without appreciable kidney damage, hopes hospitals throughout the land will test his foil for suicides...