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...twelve marbles on a flat plate, a package of dried fruits, five francs in 50-centime pieces, a piece of cloth tied around the leg, a mineral-water bottle label, one hand drawn on a piece of white paper and the ability to conjugate on arrival, while standing, the imperfect subjunctive of the verb s'asseoir (to sit down).* It is interesting and profitable work for housewives, youths and the unemployed, who have the after noon to themselves...
...perhaps the best man who ever lived, voluntarily submitted to death at the hands of an imperfect government rather than save his life by breaking the laws which had been established by consent." Called the same day to the Chancellorship of the Fascist-threatened Republic, he draws up a sound economic program, a speech to men of good will...
...Universal acquired one, with the same lucky initials, in the noteworthy French person of 21-year-old Danielle Darrieux (Mayerling). The Rage of Paris introduces Mlle Darrieux to English-speaking audiences, is a frothy comedy designed to capitalize both her talent for wearing expensive clothes and her as yet imperfect English. Taking no unnecessary chances, the company assigned as her director Henry Koster, who in the first two Durbin pictures managed to emphasize the star's girlish naivete without letting it get completely out of hand. Result is a pleasingly preposterous little fable which, while more sophisticated than...
...been a Negro officer of the U. S. Navy and many a naval officer says privately there never will be. Oscar De Priest, three-term Republican Congressman (1929-35) from Chicago's colored district, appointed three Negroes to the Naval Academy. None got in. One was disqualified for imperfect eyesight, one because of age (limits are 16-20), one flunked the entrance exams. Negro Congressman Arthur Wergs Mitchell who defeated Mr. De Priest in 1934 had better luck. Year ago he appointed James Lee Johnson Jr., who got into the Naval Academy, lasted one semester, was then flunked...
...cavity. When this healed, surgeons lined the cavity with mucous membrane taken from the inner surfaces of her cheeks. In the next few days the surgeons expect to give the child eyelashes and blinkable lids by fastening pieces of her eyebrows to the edges of her present, imperfect lids. Next and last step will be the insertion of a little glass eye with a blue iris...