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Also bowled over in quick succession were Republican amendments to: 1) substitute the dole for work relief; 2) set up non-partisan local boards to administer relief; 3) fine and imprison any WPA official attempting to influence votes in a national election. As swiftly approved were Democratic amendments to: 1) bar aliens illegally resident in the U. S. from relief; 2) end the rule that WPA jobs may be had only by those on relief rolls since last November...
...spite of his duchess who used to come to his studio to be rouged by him, worked incessantly. He painted courtiers, decorated churches, produced Los Caprichos, his most famed etchings. These showed madmen, convicts, prostitutes, gluttonous monks, himself enticed by a two-headed Alba. Outraged, the Inquisition tried to imprison Goya, was stopped by the King. When Napoleon descended upon Spain, Goya remained in Madrid, helped King Joseph Bonaparte select 50 Spanish paintings for the Musée Napoleon in Paris. But when Wellington (whom he painted) restored the Bourbons and Ferdinand VII took the throne, Goya retired from...
...Buckley Maits had to wait until Mike Rusco, 45, should develop rabies as he was practically certain to do. Then, since there is no cure, but only prevention for rabies, when Mike Rusco's bite or froth from his mouth becomes dangerous to the community. Dr. Maits would imprison him "until the inevitable end comes...
...tower. At any rate, the governments of Europe especially are tiring of this excitement, so the Communistic party in Russia has decided to purge itself of the young moderns and take up her interrupted liaison with the more substantial Madame Prosperity. Spain is more abrupt, and has threatened to imprison all students who attack the existing dictatorship...
...rejuvenate the impressive stone figure with metal monkey glands from the Occident is little short of sacrilege From the romantic point of view, to let the blown sand destroy that impassive face, which has looked over the desert for centuries is better than to imprison of within a wall. The Sphinx should meet its fate unblindfolded...