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...railroad workers were allowed to strike, he said, "hunger would stalk the United States, the whole political and economic system would be upset. . . and our influence in the world would be a laughingstock." There were limits to how far any law could be used when the public welfare was at stake. A railway strike would create "an extreme situation which society is not required to tolerate...
...mooning over a plum in a cafe which Degas might have painted. Their sources were often apparent, but Manet's clean, revealing light raised each picture above the level of imitation and tended to surpass even his chosen masters'. That same light had long made Manet a laughingstock of Paris...
What a Woman (RKO-Radio), thanks chiefly to Rosalind Russell and some arduous sleight of hand, juggles some well-timed laughs out of a timeless laughingstock-the brittle Career Woman who really needs a husband...
...last Presidency of Arturo Alessandri, known as "The Lion," Topaze printed a cartoon showing a decrepit, mangy old lion being tamed by Alessandri's most despised political rival. Said Délano: "Who ever heard of referring to a President as a lion?" Alessandri, like Montero, became a laughingstock...
...peace," Mussolini had said. But 1) the failure of England to fall promptly after France collapsed, and 2) the entrance of the U.S. into the war were factors that no amount of chest thumping could counteract. From a symbol of greatness Mussolini by last week had become a laughingstock to millions of Italians. His daughter, Edda Ciano, was aware of the shame, prayed for an hour each day in a Roman cathedral. Her husband, Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano, appeared everywhere flanked by secret-service men. He was as bitter as the people. "No wonder we blunder," he said. "Mussolini...