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...business to pass into the hands of those European powers." Most assuredly in the event of war the United States would have to cease sending munitions to all countries concerned, and if the result were no better than merely turning the business over to European concerns we would be safer from embroilment than if the munitions were being furnished by unscrupulous irresponsible private American interests...
...lucky in their king-to-be. Like his father, Crown Prince Leopold has had a hard practical schooling. He has served in the Belgian Senate. He has specialized in the study of Colonial administration. He likes to monkey with engines; he drives his own car. But his hobbies are safer: trout fishing and collecting butterflies. In 1926 he married dark-haired Princess Astrid of Sweden after a courtship that set lady-novelists' hearts aflutter. In order not to attract attention Prince Leopold paid flying visits to Sweden in a third class railway coach, carrying his own bags. People thought...
...more immediate interest to bridge enthusiasts are the figures on distribution expectancy. Run-of-the-mine players who feel "safer" in a suit bid than at no-trump, like to pick up hands containing long suits studded with honors, short or void suits representing ability to ruff. If the cards are shuffled so that a truly random arrangement results, a player should get a 6-card suit every six hands, a 7-card suit every 28 hands, a singleton every three hands, a void suit every 20 hands...
...Francisco Symphony used to have a 24-week season under solid old Alfred Hertz. Now it plays for ten weeks and many of its best musicians have taken safer jobs with other orchestras. The San Francisco Opera Company has been held up since Depression as a model to every opera-giving city in the U. S. It has had world-famed singers, this year Lucrezia, Bori, Claudia Muzio, Giovanni Martinelli, Ezio Pinza, Gertrude Kappel, Cyrena Van Gordon, Lawrence Tibbett. It has its own ballet, expertly trained by Adolph Bolm. It has usually managed to pay its way although this year...
...explosive force of the largest Wartime mine, remembering that the Adventure carries hundreds of the new and more deadly type, and some idea will be gained of the powers wielded by this unique ship." Not yet complete, Britain's great naval base at Singapore will be safer from remotely possible Japanese attack after the arrival of the Adventure...