Word: mr
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Jerusalem last week the British Crown tried to prosecute an Arab, potent Sheik Taleb Maraka, for instigating the "Hebron Massacre" of Jews (TIME, Sept. 9) August upon the Bench in beehive wigs and flowing gowns sat Mr. Justice Corrie and Mr. Justice Defreitas. This was going to be an exemplary trial. The Arab prisoner would be grilled by an Arab prosecutor. There were plenty of prosecution witnesses, already lamenting and smiting their breasts in the corridor. With an easy sauntering stride and a smile of contempt for the witnesses Prisoner Sheik Taleb Maraka entered, was escorted to the dock...
...that they had seen Sheik Taleb Maraka publicly inciting Arabs to massacre, shouting that the faithful could settle any debts they might owe to Jews by slaughtering their creditors. One witness who thus testified was Superintendent Cafferata of the local British Police. When the Arab prosecutor sought to question Mr. Cafferata only on irrelevant topics, Mr. Justices Corrie and Defreitas became incensed, ordered another Arab to prosecute for the Crown on the morrow...
...Exploded Mr. Justice Defreitas: "I refuse to believe that you, as a member...
...whose ancestral mansion is sold for a gambling house. Needless to say, a comely Northerner (Alan Prior) eases her heart. Two of Composer Youman's best tunes, the lingering "Without A Song," the jubilant "Great Day," are magnificently reverberated by an Afric choir of 40 voices led by Mr. Lois Deppe. Other Youmans' melodies which will soon reach ballroom and loudspeaker: "Happy Because I'm In Love," "More Than You know," "Open Up Your Heart...
...Brookline home, said to contain the most luxurious bedroom in Boston. While prime Danforth-pounded stocks are not known, it is suspected they might include: International Combustion Engineering Corp., down from 103½ to 24⅝*. Bear argument: Preferred dividend passed, experiments in coal distillation costly and unproductive. Mr. Danforth is supposed to have sold short...