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On the playing fields of Eton, where Englishmen may or may not have won the World War, bandy-legged little Prajadhipok got some of the guts which make him a remarkable King of Siam. Later as a cadet in the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, the future Possessor of the...
The World-Telegram quoted Acts, I: 23-26 which ends: . . . and they gave them lots, and the lot fell upon Matthias, and lie was numbered with the eleven Apostles. The Times thought the lottery "degrading, humiliating and destructive." The American was piously against the plan. But the irrepressible Daily News...
Not even Franklin Roosevelt could be counted on to convince the U. S. Congress that such an expenditure was justified, but England remains England and His Majesty's Government felt not the slightest need to send Acting Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin into the breach last week. Instead, fingering his Old...
Author Minehan learned some useful tips on the art of begging. Said one adept: "Poorly dressed men with a grouch and a mean look are often the best prospects because they don't get hit so much." He learned to understand such lingo as: "I'm on the...
Compare rugby. For speed it is far ahead of American football. The play can sway from one end of the field to the other without interruption with breathtaking speed. It does not depend on intercepted forward passes or recovered fumbles or referees' whistles. Its agility depends upon a combination...