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Witnesses. No one of the accused was identified by the numerous alleged "eyewitnesses," who described the kidnaping in lurid but greatly dissimilar accounts. They all professed to have seen a desperate struggle take place while Matteotti was being bundled into the car. Said one: "Matteotti kicked a hole in the windshield." Said another: "Dumini kicked Matteotti in the stomach." Said a third witness: "They fought so hard that I thought they must be moving-picture actors. But I didn't notice any camera...
...past year, by actual count, the immigration section of the Department of Labor had denied admission to the U. S. to persons ineligible according to law -to persons who admitted having committed a crime or misdemeanor involving "moral turpitude."* On the 252nd time the tinder went up in lurid flames...
While frenzied dickering and lobbying proceeded behind the scenes, lurid Independent Bourassa made what was later referred to on the floor of the House as "a delightful speech on everything under...
...Carveth Wells, famed naturalist, director of many an expedition for the American Museum of Natural History, astonished reporters by letting fall numerous lurid observations anent a tour of the Mediterranean from which he returned last week to Manhattan...
...elected Republican deputies to absent themselves from the Dáil in protest. Last week they were expected to appear at any moment. Rumor had it that they would force their way into the Dáil without taking the oath. News-mongers chuckled at the thought of filing lurid three-column despatches...