Word: palming
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...account of what happens to twelve members of a British cavalry troop in Mesopotamia in 1915. Arabs, firing from ambush, kill the troop's captain. The rest reach an oasis. The first night, Arabs shoot a sentry, steal the horses. The next morning a cockney soldier climbs a palm tree to get a look at the enemy. He topples down with a bullet in his heart. The sergeant (Victor McLaglen) draws lots, sends two of his men to scout for help. They come back dead, strapped to the backs of horses. A rescue plane lands on the sand...
...interesting to contrast the groups from which the two bodies are drawn. Austria of today is composed of impoverished Vienna and a hinterland mainly devoted to agriculture, quite insufficient to support the economic needs of its metropolis. The Socialist party has held Vienna in the palm of its hand since the war, while the national government has been dominated by the small land-owners, peasants, and the agrarian capitalist aristocracy...
...sung briefly in opera in Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San Francisco. But it was his concerts that made New York realize he had the warmest, smoothest baritone voice in the country. Concerts have earned him enough money to keep a home in Easton, Maryland, another in Palm Beach where he often goes sailfishing with his wife...
...Angel of Death, at the Passover, omitted those houses that showed no crimson palm-marks on the lintel, so do you pass by any shop window or advertisement that does not display the Blue Eagle...
...luxury swimming pool under the palm-trees gives an atmosphere of Waikiki to this romantic spot. Wrestling shows almost every night. Heavy couvert, but a season's membership will insure a clean tablecloth and a well-guarded hat, gloves, and cane, without having to tip the boys...