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...Stalin crusher, now highly developed, is a system which begins by arresting a man secretly, blackening his name publicly in the press without announcing his arrest at the time, watching closely for any furtive reactions among the people, arresting those who react, and finally spiriting the accused off to exile or execution. Last week a beginning of this sort was made with the Church. Metropolitan Sergius and Metropolitan Vitalius, the two highest church dignitaries in Russia were the victims...
...Advantage of this move from the point of view of President Quezon was that it would bring independence before the end of his six-year term. Disadvantage was that, by disrupting island economy even more thoroughly than it will probably be disrupted by independence in 1946, it might react greatly to the discredit of its sponsor. President Roosevelt appointed a committee to investigate the islands, determine how the transition to economic self-control should be effected. This gave Shadow Boxer Quezon a chance for some more spirited footwork in which he did his best to make a favorable impression...
...mind, the Vag reached for a piece of soap, and then began to lather himself. Ah, but maybe he hadn't recovered from last night's revelry as much as he had thought! The soap refused to glide smoothly over his skin, and his epidermic sensory nerves did not react properly to the massaging motion of the palmolive cake. Abandoning his dreamy thoughts, and becoming truly alarmed, the Vag looked; groaned; and then looked again. Oh fudge! Why hadn't he taken his pyjamas...
...rats, manufacturing druggists gave up hope of producing an utterly reliable strychnine. But Professor Viehoever tried many brands of the drug on Daphnia and in every instance he produced identical convulsions, paralysis, death. Good strychnine, he concluded, is invariable. The trouble lies with the people, animals and insects who react variously to the drug...
...ship's heterogeneous company -the girls from Gimbel's, the owner's radical daughter and conservative son, the exhausted Jews, the adulterous Irish-take or reject Obediah's offer of escape, how they react to the sudden necessity of facing their inmost problems, is a situation ably handled by Dramatist Wolfson. Hitherto known as an adapter of Left propaganda plays, in Excursion he exhibits a notable capacity for original characterization and narrative. Without sacrificing any of his play's moral values, he manages to bring the Happiness back into New York Harbor after a wild...