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...went down the stairs. I was going to dump the damn thing in St. James's Park, but it was very heavy so I put it down to rest for a moment. ... I laid it down beside a church which had already been damaged: I thought it the safest place-away from dwelling houses." Here police found him and arrested...
Chungking ought to be the world's safest city in wartime. It is surrounded by terrain so rugged that it would be almost impossible to assault it by land. It is embraced by two treacherous rivers, whose water level has been known to change as much as 40 feet in one night. Eight months in the year it is roofed with dense fog. Built on a rock 750 feet high, it is honeycombed with deep, bombproof caverns, with room for 200,000. But the Chinese never learn. They still think standing under trees makes them safe from bombs. They...
Harmless Pleasures. "Most useful" and "safest" stimulant is caffeine, principal active ingredient of coffee and tea. "A moderate amount such as is contained in one or two cups of coffee . . . heightens the intellectual functions, increases the efficiency of the muscles and lessens the feeling of fatigue. . . . Although alcohol is frequently used as a stimulant, its real effect is to depress the nervous system . . . like ether or chloroform." Those who like liquor ought to save their drinking till night, when they don't have to work or drive a car. Contrary to popular opinion, "mere mixing of good liquors will...
...think it's the Great American novel of real worth to make an impression on the reading public since "G--W--T--W--". . . Vardis Fisher tells the story of the Mormen trek in "Children of god." A capable book and to be recommended to both Fisher fans and enemies. . . Safest fiction of the year to give is C.S. Forester's "Captain Horatio Hornblower." Guaranteed to please all levels of comprehension, although in different degrees. . . "Here Lies" by Dorothy Parker reassembles most of her old stories and adds a few. Our Mrs. Parker may not seem quite so startling...
...hrer stepped into his car and drove to the station, where he boarded the safest railroad car ever built, complete with steel shutters and a padded interior, said to be strong enough to withstand a mine exploding on tracks directly underneath it. At 9:30 the train pulled...