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...court martial was unimpressed. Every one of the first 16 soldiers to face it was sentenced to prison and hard labor. The lightest sentence: 25 years. The heaviest : life...
...Lightest gay-sad story is about two Irish Trappist monks who have put everything in the world behind them-except making secret bets with each other on the horses. The loser pays the winner in Hail Marys for both their souls...
...actors' portrayal of what is inside the characters; his plays are characterized by uniform sets and only slight changes of properties. Vakhtangov Theater is at the opposite pole: it stresses pageantry and theatricality. Finally, the Red Army Theater has a broad base of popularity. This is, accordingly, the lightest, gayest and noisiest of Russian theaters...
...Speaker John Nance Garner of Texas, before whom the microphone was placed, abolished it the second day it was in operation. Wishing a short snort after a rugged session, "Cactus Jack" heard that a member was about to deliver a "special order" speech. Said Speaker Garner, forgetting that his lightest word could be heard all over the chamber: "Now what is that son of a bitch going to talk about?" After adjournment, Speaker Garner told House electricians: "Get that damned thing off of there! I don't need it, and I won't have it ! " New Zealand Does...
...State for Air, reported that during the war 26,000 German and Italian planes had been shot down in combat, not counting the Russian front. In the very week of Sir Archibald's report, the western Allies flew an estimated 30,000 sorties over Europe; on the lightest day of that week, 3.600 U.S. and British planes were...