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Their leaders were made of softer stuff. To them liberty was less precious than that ephemeral thing called unity-the artificial union of diverse Slavic tribes into the post-World War I state called Yugoslavia. Although all the other artificially-created post-war States had disappeared or been dismembered in two short years-Czecho-Slovakia, Poland, Rumania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania-Yugoslavia's leaders still hoped somehow to hold their own state together-and to keep their jobs. They were thinking not only of the tough, freedom-loving, German-hating Serbs, Macedonians, Montenegrins and Bosnians, but also of the Croats...
...Were Lovely" attest to his composing versatility. Other songs we are likely to hear more of are "You're a Character," "America Marches On," and "Never a Dull Moment." Ella Logan gives a personality-plus presentation of the hotter numbers, while Christina Lind and Harry Stafford romance through the softer strains. As for the indispensable sex-angle, Audrey Christie leads al the other fifty-odd girls in the cast in laying it on with a capital S. Her dormitory-room strip-tease coached by Maxie and Sid gives the Old Howard touch with a riotous overlay of belly-shaking comedy...
...Finns did not despair or complain. The one thing in their country that seemed unimpaired was their sisu (in American: guts). Where the softer Liths and Latvians and Estonians had scared out cheaply, the Finns had once again proven their durability and burnished their national honor. They had incidentally made it plain to the Russians that they would be a very troublesome people to govern, and if any net gain had accrued in putting up a game but hopeless fight instead of selling out for bargain rates to begin with, this...
...Harvard Anti-War Committee offers its full support and cooperation to the new Committee for Academic Freedom. Milton D. Softer, For the Harvard Anti-War Committee
...early 1900's many a U. S. citizen played baseball on a gymnasium floor during the shut-in winter months. The game they played was like outdoor baseball except that the diamond was smaller, the pitcher pitched underhand, the ball was bigger and softer...