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...which Gypsy herself is almost killed. The murky conclusion, in which the loose ends are matted rather than unraveled, shows the beginner's hand. But Agatha Christie herself could not have contrived the tag line of the book. After it is all solved, a haunting little G-string peddler remarks, "You know, me bein' in the G-string business. I was afraid the cops'd think I done it for the publicity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: For the Publicity | 10/13/1941 | See Source »

Poll. In Seattle, a door-to-door peddler offered "No Peddlers or Agents" signs. Where he made no sales, he returned to peddle gadgets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 25, 1941 | 8/25/1941 | See Source »

Four days later, Francisco Arvallo, a peddler, driving along the same route, came upon Cornejo's stalled truck. Near by was a woman who screamed at him and waved a hat. It was Cornejo's daughter, Socorro. A man, Francisco Flores, was alive, lying under a bush. He had cut one wrist, tried to slake his thirst with his own blood. These two were the only survivors. Some of the others had stumbled for miles across the sand, looking for water. Nine miles off, Tomas Ponce had scratched on border monument No. 201: "Dying of thirst, hungry." Dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARIZONA: The Devil's Highway | 8/18/1941 | See Source »

Salesman. In Philadelphia, the Better Business Bureau hunted an elusive peddler who sold tired lawnmower-pushers seed for strictly "two-inch grass." Research. At Troy, N.Y., an experimenting biologist proved to his own satisfaction that the larger a goldfish's eyes, the less it sees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 7, 1941 | 7/7/1941 | See Source »

Riley's big chance came when the Japanese took Shanghai in 1937. The New Order in East Asia has been the biggest bonanza for criminals that China has ever seen. With stringent wartime blue laws at home, every out-of-work prostitute, gambler and dope peddler in Japan headed for Occupied China, where their enterprises found Army protection.* Local talent, too, found the Japanese Army and the puppet Government amenable to bribes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Tough Taipan | 4/28/1941 | See Source »

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