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...since more than a year ago when crowds of milling Englishmen chanted "We want King Edward!" had stodgy Downing Street seen such a demonstration. Thousands of London's Irishmen and Irishwomen packed the pavement before the black door of No. 10. The rousing strains of southern Ireland's republican anthem, A Soldier's Song, swelled from the lusty throats. Staid civil servants in black jackets and striped trousers poked their heads out Whitehall's windows. Suddenly the singing ceased. "Up Dev!'' roared the crowds. "A republic-no less!" A tall, gaunt, smiling man appeared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EIRE: Up Dev! | 1/31/1938 | See Source »

Before he could say or do more, panting overcoated policemen pounced on him, knocked him to the pavement, bloodied his nose. King George and the Cabinet stood like ramrods, eyes front, ignoring the scuffle (see cut). Queen Elizabeth gasped, clutched at her throat, then relaxed when danger was past. The tousled protestant turned out to be one Stanley Storey, escaped from the Cane Hill Insane Asylum on Sept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Eyes Front | 11/22/1937 | See Source »

...guess, and in 1933 Ludecke found himself in disfavor. On the day that Ludecke reached Manhattan, having escaped after eight months in a concentration camp as "Hitler's personal prisoner." he read the headlines announcing the Blood Purge. The shock left him rocking precariously on the pavement. But he had salvaged his life and a profitable store of Hitlerian anecdotes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Nazi Salvage | 11/15/1937 | See Source »

...told to come but with his hands up. On getting out he suddenly pulled a gun and started firing. . . . He was trying to take his stand in the middle of the road when several bursts from machine guns lifted him off his feet and threw him to the pavement, dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 8, 1937 | 11/8/1937 | See Source »

Startled last week were Arkansans and their visitors rolling over Route 71 near Rogers as they rounded curves or topped hills to come upon the horrifying sight of Death itself. A supernaturally tall, black garbed figure, scythe draped mournfully over its left arm stood at the edge of the pavement, beckoning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Rogers' Reaper | 9/27/1937 | See Source »

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