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Said Assistant Attorney General Thurman Arnold, U. S. trust-hound: ". . . Most important decision on the subject that has ever been handed down by any court. The decision goes far beyond the oil industry. It will serve as a guide to the Department in our general investigation of patents...
Michael A. Sullivan has taken Harvard to his bosom. Once the hound of Harvard Square who broke up student parades with the seat of his pants, the fiery Councillor from Ward Six healed that historic breach when he made the "Lampoon" chief publicity agent for his new campaign. Prominent in his new election folder is the cartoon of himself, subbing for St. George astride his warehouse, dealing quick death to Radicalism, Corruption and Vice...
...beagle is a short-legged hound, 13 to 15 inches high. Smallest member of the hound family, it has the same characteristics as the foxhound: keen scent, melodious voice (higher-pitched than the foxhound's), a fierce determination to make that tackle. Although many U. S. hunters use beagles to track rabbits, the sport of beagling-in olden days "the poor man's foxhunt"-has remained a Tory pastime ever since the first beagle pack was imported from England...
Basically, beagling is a spectator sport. Except that beagle-bugs run a little faster, puff and stumble a good deal more, there is little difference between chasing a hound that is chasing a rabbit and chasing a golfer who is chasing a golf ball. But beaglers, unlike golf fans, are mighty etiquetty. Their exclusive fraternity has honorary degrees, liveries and other traditions that date back to the days of Queen Elizabeth...
Outside of typical Grade B weakness, "The Hound of the Baskervilles" rates a passing grade as a mystery thriller. The horror of the bleak, English moors--which is almost becoming the screen character of His Majesty's isle--is well supported by the business-like Sherlock of Basil Rathbone and a very satisfying "elementary, my dear Watson" by Nigel Bruce...