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Having delivered himself of that, which may have been a taunt, he posed for news photographers. For a man who had once tried to knock out a photographer, he was unusually gracious. He posed for half an hour and even strode across the street to pose sitting on a park bench reading the funny papers...
...their seats by 10 o'clock. They were there to witness the beginning of the end of a political dynasty. As they waited, the room grew rank and grey with smoke and politicians' talk. Three quarters of an hour late, the Boss-Mayor Edward J. Kelly- strode in. The committeemen put down their racing forms and clapped...
Hides & Oil. At the stroke of midday, resplendent in the blue, gold encrusted dress uniform of a brigadier general (his new rank), Perón strode into the great hall of Congress. Floor and gallery gleamed with the brass of generals, the polish of diplomats-come to honor a man whose name few of them even knew three years...
Plow Down, Costs Up. As owners hopped aboard their machines and clanked off down the field last week, Evan Hardy strode after them, noting pulling power and gas consumption, making sure they had their machines adjusted properly. He showed that a rubber-tired machine was more economical, needed only four h.p. hours per acre against five for its steel-wheeled brother. He discussed the alignment of wheels so that they do not compete with each other, the best speed to reduce slippage of discs, the most economical depth of tillage. Said he: "It's the top four inches...
...rare minerals, pet dormice, horses, French governesses, peasants and pheasants. Winter & summer, day began at 5 a.m., when Lord Alconleigh greeted the dawn with one his favorite records (Drake Is Sailing West, Lads, the "mad" scene from Lucia, or Lo, Here the Gentle Lark, sung by Galli-Curci), and strode on to the lawn cracking a Canadian stock whip. After breakfast, he gave his daughters a brief head start, then hunted them crosscountry with four bloodhounds...