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...behind a paper-littered desk rose Colorado's Republican Senator Eugene Millikin to trade political insults. (Douglas chided the G.O.P. for a recent Government pamphlet on Ways to Cook Rabbit. Millikin recalled a Democratic treatise on the love life of a watermelon.) Then Gene Millikin stumped to the rear of the chamber, puffed on a cigarette, and licked his lips in anticipation of a good fight. He watched Douglas for five minutes, then stumped out his smoke and moved painfully (he suffers from arthritis) down the aisle on the Democratic side; Douglas went to meet him. For the next...
...caught napping. Les Eclaireurs was soon joined by Her Majesty's frigate St. Austell Bay, off Deception Island, 600 miles south of Cape Horn. Signaled St. Austell Bay to Les Eclaireurs'. "To the Argentine Naval Minister. Welcome to the waters of Her Britannic Majesty." Replied Rear Admiral Olivieri: "To the captain of the British frigate St. Austell Bay: Welcome to the waters of the Argentine Republic...
...mule team to enter the ring. Instead, when the gate opened, in drove Franklin, a broad grin on his tanned face, at the wheel of his Chrysler station wagon. The crowd watched in stunned silence as Franklin roped the bull's horns and tied the rope to the rear bumper. Back at the wheel, he towed the bull around the arena amidst an uproar of catcalls, hoots and laughter. Then he drove out. Three times that afternoon, Franklin drove into the ring and hauled away the carcass...
Hardly any ex-Glee Club member who sang under Davison can forget his manner of conducting. In his pamphlet "The Reformation of the Glee Club" published in 1922, Frederick Lewis Allen '12 described a typical Davisonian rehearsal: "As you slip into a seat at the rear of the room, you hear, cutting through the deep, swelling tones of the chorus, Davison's sharp voice: 'Now's your chance! That's it! Good! First rate! This is a bad place; look out for it! That's the way, basses! Eyes! Eyes...
...Metropolitan looks much like a baby brother to Nash's Rambler. It has a short wheelbase (85 in.), a four-cylinder, 42-h.p. engine that gets 40 miles to the gallon, and a top speed of 70 m.p.h. The front seat will hold three adults, the rear seat two children...