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Those individuals who attended the anti-UMT rally in Sanders Theater on Saturday with the express purpose of shouting down the speakers used tactics that are almost too unoriginal to warrant censure. They have been used repeatedly by Communists to prevent the opposition from being heard; they are also darkly reminiscent of pre-1933 Germany. But unoriginal as the boo, shout, and catcall may be, whenever used to stifle free speech, they demand public denouncement...
...were younger he liked to tell them stories; particularly the story about the boy with his finger in the dike. But when business was on his mind he sometimes lost interest in the story and began mumbling about a law case. "Never mind the law case," the children would shout, "tell us about the boy with his finger in the dike." The family plays games like "20 Questions" and father is a terrific competitor. He dresses elegantly in dark blues and greys. He is always courtly and courteous. He is the kind of husband women wish their husbands would...
Because it is hard to shout intelligibly through a sugar sack, Green wore no mask. Spectacles glinting, mustache working, he began a tirade against President Harry Truman and his espousal of civil-rights legislation...
...this happy moment a wild shout was heard at the back of the barn. The audience turned to see allegory brought up to date. Brandishing a long broom, Maria Conti rushed in behind her Communist husband. "If you think you can keep me just listening to your ideas when it's my duty to occupy an important official post," she shouted, "you'll have to buy me a new broom...
...passengers lined the rails to stare at the twinkling, pitiless face of the sea. Though there was no hope that Tomas Montanez would be found, the curious code of civilization demanded that a thorough search be made. Then, amazingly, after an hour and a quarter, a passenger raised a shout...