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...rains returned, the rivers rose again, and the dikes and bridges, barns, houses and fields of grain in fat Czecho-Slovakia and lower Hungary continued to be inundated and swept away during a fourth week of natural catastrophe (TIME, July 19, INTERNATIONAL). Farmers pled piteously with their governments to "do something." Peasants cursed and blamed the ill-omened new radio stations. Governments lamented, spoke dolefully of sunspots as the cause of disastrous weather. Afflicted mankind was miserable...
More potent than the vow he pled...
...purchased by Mme. Frances Alda, my wife. Attorneys said that several bills had been sent to me, that I ignored them." George B. Cutten, President of Colgate University: "In Utica, I drove Dr. Raymond B. Fosdick to the train, was arrested, charged with driving 40 miles an hour. I pled not guilty, demanded trial. Reports said that I, if convicted, would have to serve from one to five days in jail...
International Language. A new international language was urged by several philologists, who met in a section of their own for the first time. Dr. J. W. Hamilton, of St. Paul, Minn., pled for "Cosmo English," a sort of secondary language to be used only for international communication, which would in no way interfere with existing English...
...quarreled and parted. Meantime Mr. Trimble named Tiny as a co-respondent and Poor George now did his best to win his beloved-he was even willing to sacrifice himself to make her a dishonest woman if she'd agree-but just then Miller Huggins stepped in and pled with her to make it up with Tiny for the sake of the Yankees and Tiny wired that he'd do his best not respect her if she came along. So she went down to the training camp where Tiny was perspiring and in one final scene with Tiny...