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Doris Duke ("Richest Girl in the World") Cromwell, of late an ink-dabbler, explained why in Rome: "I . . . feel definitely drawn to journalism as a means of self-expression." Hopeful of getting into professional ranks, she said: "At one point I thought I'd use a nom de plume but I reconsidered, because life is complicated enough...
...jeep named "Jeanie" he covered the fronts, commuting between Cassino and the Anzio beachhead, making his left-handed sketches with India ink, which he got from the engineers, and three carefully guarded worn-out brushes...
...have not always agreed with the Taoiseach's policy. Before the ink was dry on the treaty which established the Irish Free State, I said that if England went to war she would have to reoccupy Ireland militarily, and fortify her ports. When this forecast came to the proof, the Taoiseach nailed his colors to the top gallant, declaring that with his little army of 50,000 Irishmen he would fight any & every invader. . . . And he got away with it triumphantly, saved, as Mr. Churchill has just pointed out, by the abhorred partition, which gave the Allies a foothold...
Certain that the Phantom of P.S. 12 was still in the building, the principal posted sentries at all the doors, called the police. A detective, six patrolmen, and a posse of teachers searched the whole building. All they found was splattered ink and taunts chalked on the walls. Once again the Phantom of P.S. 12 had dropped into the void of Superman and Captain Midnight from which he sprang...
Mercurochrome & Ink. The Russians on the other side of the Elbe- members of Marshal Konev's 58th Guards Division-sent up colored flares, the prearranged signal to designate friendly forces. Robertson had no flares. He took a bedsheet from a house, broke into a pharmacy, found mercurochrome and blue ink, made a crude representation of a U.S. flag and waved it from the tower of an ancient castle. The Russians, who had been tricked by Germans waving U.S. flags, sent over a few anti-tank shells...