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...reputedly one of the richest in the world-is shy, strapping A. P. (for Arnold Peter) Mø11er, who, at 85, still likes to sail himself to work in his sloop Karama III. In his storybook rise from merchant's apprentice, Mø11er (pronounced roughly Mew-lehr) has always believed in one precept besides making money: do something for Denmark. Mostly, what he has done for Denmark is to invest in it. With the profits earned abroad by his 85-ship Maersk Line and his 25,000-acre Tanganyika sugar plantation, he has built his country...
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Love is a kitten, a pleasant thing, a purr and a pounce. Chases a piece of string, a scratch and a mew a ball batted with a paw a sheathed claw...
...maniac, play it as if they 1) wished they were elsewhere, but 2) felt that they owed some kind of minimum to their employers and their conscience as craftsmen. Supporting players are given to lines like "Yon storm'll be upon us main soon."*Others merely curtsy, mew incoherently or tug their forelocks. For what it is worth-a middling curdler-the whole thing was much better done in 1937 by Basil Rathbone and Ann Harding...
Already, said MEW, the shortage was hampering military operations. But MEW hedged a little. Bombing must not stop, it warned; refineries and oil plants can be repaired...