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...results of the finals were: 120-Brokaw took a decision from Petite, 125-Knowles won a decision over Reidy, 135-Twombly by a knockout over Moregan, 145-Kamese won by decision over Reilly, 155-Parrot outpointed Hawkins, 165-Richardson won a decision over Work, 175-d'Autremont won a decision Robinson, and in the unlimited Lyman won a decision over Gardiner...
Head professor for the lesson was flashy, parrot-beaked Lieut. General Hugh Aloysius Drum, commander of the First Army, whose professional fitness (like other high commanders') was being tested by the maneuvers. He came through with flying colors (though once his personal colors almost hit the ground). His force (numerically superior, equal in fire power, inferior in air power and mobility) did more than just stop the Panzer outfits; it theoretically hacked units of the proud First Armored Corps to bits, backed Major General Oscar W. Griswold's army up a good 40 miles...
...three great rivers, the Sava, the Drava and the Danube) grew up as a Serb. His chief tutors were Professor Slobodan Jovanovitch of Belgrade University, who is sometimes called "Yugoslavia's intellectual conscience," and Chief of Staff General Kossitch. Peter also had an English tutor, C. C. Parrot, who taught him to like Robert Louis Stevenson and P. G. Wodehouse. As the time for his assumption of power approached (he will be 18 next September) Peter grew away from the influence of his uncle. Between his mother and ambitious Princess Olga there had always been friction...
...Case of the Black Parrot" is all about this clever reporter who solves all sorts of things and makes the police look silly. His stooge-cameraman wears the brim of his hat up, and is just bubbling over with wisecracks...
...Quito a sunburned lieutenant told him: "It is terrible here, Señor. First you must make love to this girl you want until your nose bleeds; second you must make love ... to her mother, her father, the butler, and the parrot, and in the end you must always marry her." The café society set was dull and insolent ("they all but come over to your table to read the labels on your clothes") but some of the transients were good. "Franz Josef's local grandson had some claim to authenticity: his accent was correct, he clicked...