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...aunt was eating her supper. She heard Mrs. Bridges scream and plop on the concrete below. She ran down two flights of stairs and arrived in the little dark alley the same time as Harry Bridges. He was in his undershirt with shaving cream on his face. The woman appeared to be unconscious and Mr. Bridges asked my aunt to remain with her while he went upstairs to telephone for an ambulance...
...native bazaar-keepers, sampling exotic perfumes and avidly whiffing strange smells on the long island in the Seine upon which France has strung like so many pearls her overseas colonies. Muddy, reeking with pungent coffee and spices and exceedingly popular are the North African bazaars whose keepers seem to scream and haggle the loudest when not flattering and blandishing the most seductively. Especially beautiful are the Moroccan, Algerian and Tunisian quarters with their tinkling fountains, warmly atmospheric patios, fakirs and camels. On hot days, Equatorial and Occidental African craftsmen were stinking convincingly last week as they fashioned their wares amid...
...readers are concerned there are no writers left in Germany. And Italy's literary cupboard is just as bare. But whereas Germany has many an extraterritorial writer to disregard, Italy has only Ignazio Silone. Nevertheless, he is enough to make the Fascist eagle scream with rage...
...others opened the door of the cab and leaned in. One made a grab at a necklace of square-cut emeralds and diamonds, the most obvious item among several hundred thousand dollars worth of jewelry that Mme Mathis was wearing. The jewels dug into her neck and she screamed. Furiously M. Mathis, who is 52 and does setting up exercises every morning, made a dive at the robbers. All three fell into the street and rolled on the wet pavement slugging one another. Mme Mathis began to scream. One of the robbers broke loose and again tried to snatch...
London: As censorship breaks down and headlines scream, frantically milling crowds, for the first time since the Armistice, buy London papers so fast that presses whirling at top speed cannot meet the demand. In the House of Commons lobbies, politicians think the public reaction is hostile to the King and scamper for the Baldwin bandwagon. "I was for the King when it was purely a question whether he should be permitted to marry whomsoever he should choose," says beetling-browed Labor Radical James Maxton, "but when it is a dispute between him and the Government, I cast my lot with...