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...Glynn perked up their interest, though, with three huge photographs. One of them showed a group of men standing in a doorway, and another showed a group of men walking down the street. These men, according to Glynn, were Communists who entered his district at election time. "They always hid their faces from photographers," a trait which the Representative's mother had warned him against. "Here," said Glynn, pointing to the third picture, "is the same group with different faces." Ignoring the laughter, Representative Glynn ended his testimony by shouting "Anything in Bill 426 I am against...
...weeks ago Thai and Muong soldiers, led by the French, infiltrated the Communist-held territory. They hid themselves in the mountains until Jan. 27, when they descended on the Communists in a succession of hit & run raids and ambuscades. After six days, the terrorized Reds pulled out. Deo Van Lang sent his local chieftains back to take over the region...
...time, to use a little fertilizer, grow improved vegetables, kill insects with DDT. Even the sacred cows got some benefits. When Holmes arrived in the district, he found plenty of rinderpest and other cattle diseases. The government already provided veterinary services, but the suspicious farmers hid their cattle rather than allow them to be immunized. Holmes set up village schools that taught the advantages of immunization. Last year not a cow in the district died of rinderpest...
...Moving Finger. Victorian ladies sneaked the poems upstairs and hid them under their pillows. Lovers read them aloud, and young men quoted sadly that "The Moving Finger Writes; and, having writ, Moves on . . ." Far into the 20th Century, the contagion persisted, and Journalist-Historian Mark Sullivan, in Our Times, felt himself obliged to record that Omar's bibulous philosophy had had the "effect of sapping and undermining" U.S. morals...
...largest felony, a theft of $1,000 from the safe of the oxford Grill, is the only one which showed signs of professional polish. It occurred after the restaurant had closed, and Lt. Joseph Breen, who is conducting the police investigation, has put forward the theory that the thief hid himself in the basement, making his way to the office after everyone had left...