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...last she asked for release, convinced that she "was no more fitted to be a nun than to be an acrobat." Rescript was granted by Rome, and in 1941, when she was 45, Monica Baldwin "had leapt over the wall." She landed hard in a world full of new, sharp angles, but she was soon dithering about England as gaily as a debutante at a coming-out party...
...Where is Tigar?" I asked him, referring to the Alsatian dog from which he is never separated. Tito's face suddenly grew very gentle. "You always remember him," he said. Stepping outside, we found Tigar lolling in the sun. Catching sight of his master, the dog leapt up and joyously wagged what remained of his close-cropped tail...
Last week another one of those catchy tunes and goofy phrases fairly leapt across the nation. Every radio blared Open the Door, Richard! Five record versions were on sale, and 13 more (by Louis Jordan, Dick Haymes, the Pied Pipers, etc.) were being rushed to market. A quartet known as The Yokels sang it in Yiddish. Bing Crosby (an accessory after the fact), Bob Hope, Fred Allen and Bea Lillie had only to mention the word Richard on the air to put their studio audiences in stitches...
Monsignor de Ferrari packed the pair on a raft, started off down river with them and several other jungle children for his mission school. In the night, the Kirikas leapt upon a sleeping child. An awakened missionary collared them, saw that támara thorns were in their hands. Thereafter, the Kirikas were bound to the raft with stout ropes...
...Island of Samothrace, the Argonauts were initiated into the sacred mysteries. The Goddess of All Being mated with the Serpent Priapus, and was delivered of a bull. Then the sacred nymphs leapt on the Argonauts and scratched and bit them until even Hercules passed out. Thereafter, the Argonauts glowed with "a faint nimbus of light...