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...observation and checking up on shark stories. Colonel Wise testifies that there is no fixed answer to the old question whether sharks will attack men. They mostly will not if they are well fed, not excited, not convinced the man is helpless. They mostly will if given a blood scent or if startled by what they think is an attack on them. And different species, of course, have different appetites. Best rule, thinks Colonel Wise, is not to trust sharks...
...With scent that kissed away...
...camclia's camelia, for a' that, no matter what the language. And when the billboards in a rapt ecstatic way hailed the Garbo as she lured Robert Taylor to her by the scent of her camelias, we stepped inside the gates without an instant wasted. As a matter of fact Robert Taylor is a big slug: Garbo wouldn't need any flowers to draw us down the primrose path. But that's a matter for the Moviegoer; this is a botany story...
...candidate will search out feature material, he will follow the scent that leads to strange places. He may tread close on Colonel Apted's heels as that doughty warrior sets out in pursuit of another skunk. Perhaps the opportunity of seeing the Lampoon's funnymen laying a hoax will come his way. He may see the way a police court functions, or follow the Fire Department in action. He may find that much of the imposing marble statuary that decorates Memorial Hall has come only recently from the graves of men portrayed, in the Mount Auburn Cemetery...
...called the biggest London blaze since the historic "Great Fire" of 1666. One of 90 fire engines which struggled vainly to save the Exhibition Hall accidentally soused His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, the youngest son of Queen Mary, who was nicknamed by playfellows at school as "The Scent Bottle." In last week's unreeling of an Empire crisis, sleek, scented Kent was most of the time an orchidaceous extra waiting on the lot while British bigwigs performed the stellar roles in Edvardus Rex. Scenes from this cinema of official facts and carefully checked dispatches...