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...Samborski-coached nine which tackles Worcester Academy Saturday afternoon. The Yardling outfit showed a marked improvement over last week's Tufts game, especially in the fielding and bade-running departments. Speedy Mike Rice gave a sparkling exhibition on the sacks and Ed Reddy turned in the fielding gem of the day with a running back hand stab...
...prisoners" in the Vatican). The people waited patiently while, within, Pius XII went through long rituals. At last the Pontiff appeared on St. Peter's balcony. The great moment arrived. Cardinal Deacon Caccia-Dominioni chanted "Accipe tiaram" (Receive the tiara). The crowd below saw the Cardinal lift the gem-studded, beehive-shaped triple crown of the papacy and place it on the head of its wearer. Then the multitude dropped to its knees as Pius XII raised his hand in blessing...
Just before Barcelona fell, nine trucks loaded to the gunwales with gold bars, precious stones, gold and silver plate, gem-encrusted religious vessels and jewelry rolled out of the city and headed north. This gleaming freight, most of it confiscated from jewelry shops and churches, was an important part of the war chest of the Loyalist Government...
...made the discoveries of Minoan art in Crete that affected the whole conception of early Grecian history. His collection for the most part was not acquired from other connoisseurs nor from dealers but was gathered during a lifetime of personal search. He picked up his first gem in a bazaar in Bosnia on a youthful walking trip, found others during seven years of research on the Eastern Adriatic shores and in travels around Sicily. Most of them, however, came in the period of his digging in Crete, where he even found them worn by the peasants as "milk-stones...
Stolen Heaven is more likable than most gem-thievery pictures because its pattern is fringed with immortal music. The characters hide behind doors and talk crook lingo while the sound track throbs with Liszt, Chopin, Grieg, Moszkowski, Strauss. The music is introduced by having the pianist practicing incessantly for a promised return to the concert stage. Best number: a montage giving an idea of what Liszt's Second Hungarian Rhapsody might look like if sounds were pictures...