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...Susanna At Albany (Cont...
...accusers face to face rather than rely upon the printed word from the committee's testimony. Said he: "The earliest recorded instance of the value of cross-examination is contained in the Bible itself. You may recall the story of Susanna and the elders. . . * As an illustration we need go no further." Governor Roosevelt: It is a very apt case. You are in the position of the Prophet Daniel. I will not say Mayor Walker is in the position of Susanna. Mayor Walker: I certainly feel like it. Observers at the hearing suspected that Counsel Curtin was building...
...apocryphal Bible story of Susanna appears in the Douay (Catholic) version, not in the King James (Protestant). Daniel XIII: "Now there was a man that dwelt in Babylon, and his name was Joakim: And he took a wife whose name was Susanna ... a very beautiful woman. . . . And there were two of the ancients of the people appointed judges that year. . . . And when the people departed Susanna went in and walked in her husband's orchard. And the old men saw her . . . and they were inflamed with lust towards her. . . . She went in on a time . . . and was desirous...
...Tintoretto that police were assigned to keep the crowds moving. Proud of the picture, the Silberman Galleries' doorman, a Eugene Herr, was conscience stricken to realize that the show window was not so clean as it ought to be. He got his bucket. Late comers expecting to see Susanna in the nude saw instead Mr. Herr in his overalls. They raged...
...Herr made a brief speech on behalf of the galleries, promised that as soon as he had finished swabbing, Susanna would return...