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...when the Dawes Plan was adopted. They feared that if German politicians could depose the head of the Reichsbank they might do so, and appoint a man who would wreck the Dawes Plan. Evidently last week Dr. Schacht thought he had the Allies cleverly hoist by their own petard...
...Porno-Petard...
...which needed publicity, it was theirs. They had a suspicion that the constituency of the second largest and indisputably grossest tabloid in Manhattan was not of such a high order of humanity but that it would applaud the spectacle of its pastor and master, hoist with his own porno-petard...
Lenin Hoist With His Own Petard...
...Wright to put up $10,000 which, with a like sum of his own, would recondition the ancient plane for flight. This offer was declined by Mr. Wright, who professed to have better uses for his money. Meanwhile, the plane, which may be hoisted once more by its own petard, retains the proud...