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...propeller the velocity of the bullet would, in order to be effective, far exceed that of the propeller revolutions; so that, even if the bullet should manage to leave the propeller shaft, the accuracy of its aim would be as cockeyed as that of the New Year's soak trying to hit the keyhole. Machine guns synchronized to shoot through propeller blades-yes! "Moteur canon"-Well...
Woolly-headed Fatty Pfaff, in Arrowsmith, set out for his medical examination with a set of notes in his pocket, not to peek at but in the hope that their contents might soak through his skin. Last week was in many a U. S. college the week of midyear examinations and woolly-headed students were glad to get any kind of last-minute cramming advice...
...coat pocket, and still have room for Karl Marx; the scene in which he philosophizes to Belinda is worth the rest of the film. The picture on the whole, is not up to the standard of the famous team. However, besides being a telling commentary on a foolish fad, "Soak the Rich" is more than average entertainment...
Following up Nominee Landon's lead, the Republican National Committee last week scattered over the U. S. a sheaf of Press releases on taxation, a brochure entitled Soak the Rich Taxes Really Soak the Poor. Purpose of both was to depict the tax load supposedly borne by the Little...
...sponsors of this tax law may have thought that it was a smart way to appear to 'soak the rich.' Actually it has no relation to 'soaking the rich.' What it does is protect the big fellow who still has a reserve, and tie a millstone around the neck of the little fellow...