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...that he can return them. After a happy night with him, Irene walks into her room to find the police investigating the murder of the chauffeur, killed by Vail in order to create a bloodhunt for Dumond, whom he suspects as his wife's real lover. To shield Dumond, Irene sails for the U. S. with Vail. Dumond follows...
...Cities Service's 37.500,000 outstanding common shares, sold not a single share later in 1929 when the market price rose 200% above the price he received in the questioned deal. As for the 1,000,000 shares of special stock, they were issued to Mr. Doherty to shield his management against the threat of "power ful financial groups" which at that time were circling hungrily around Cities Service. The issue has since been retired...
...needing a subject for a magazine cover, picks up the wife of a Viennese doctor at a masquerade, paints her in nothing but mask and muff. The muff is recognized by everyone as the one won at the masquerade by the doctor's brother's fiancee. To shield the two women, Heideneck invents a third, one Leopoldine Dur. There happens to be a real Leopoldine Dur (Paula Wessely), companion to an antique countess. The resulting farce is played with such subtle humor and skill that spectators are scarcely disturbed by the fact that all dialog is in German...
Other finds included a foot-high statuet of ivory, first Greek copy ever found of the Apollo Lykeos; the bronze shield of Brasidas, captured at the Battle of Pylos in 425 B.C.; and a statue base bearing the epigram of Simonides, familiar to many a schoolboy: A marvelous great light shone for the Athenians when Harmodios and Aristogeiton slew Hipparchus...
...longer possible to shield the heart of a country with its army. An army no more can stop an air attack than a suit of mail can stop a rifle bullet...