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Harold Nicolson tells the story of Arketall, Lord Curzon's famous valet, who was unreasonably fond of the bottle. Lord Curzon was at Locarno, or some such place, representing Great Britain at big peace negotiation. As the day for signing the Pact approached, Arketall got more and more irregular in his habits, and on the morning of "Der Tag," he was quite in his cups. Sitting in bed, with his morning cup of tea, the great British diplomat gave Arketall the sack, told him to decamp within a half-an-hour. An hour later, hurriedly dressing for the meeting...
...next. There was no leader; every member of the Directorio Estiidiantil had an equal voice. The nearest approach to leaders seemed to be a wild-eyed pair known as Santiago Alvarez and Ysmael Seijas who handed out Springfields and automatic rifles to other shirt-sleeved students, formed a most irregular militia...
Some one put down on the board table near the President one of the blue C. C. C. camp kits, the irregular purchase of which caused a Senate investigation (TIME, June 12). When the President saw it he roared with laughter. "Do those razor blades work, boys?" he asked. "Yes, Sir!" chorused the happy woodsters...
Where the meters show a level plain or plateau of hidden rocks the air will be lightly and uniformly ionized over large areas and there will be practically no cloud-to-earth lightning flashes. But where the underground profile is jagged with peaks and valleys, the irregular ionic counterparts in the air induce lightning to crash down the ionic ladders...
...hope to increase your sales," is part of the ritual of the Detection Club, devised by such members as Anthony Berkeley, Agatha Christie, G. K. Chesterton. Year ago appeared The Floating Admiral, joint production of 13 members, a chapter by each. But most of the infrequent and irregular meetings are given over to pleasant shop talk, the hilarious initiation of new members...