Word: tales
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Devonshire was still in the harbor, dropping their cargoes so near the cruiser that the crew manned her anti-aircraft guns. Not much more reassuring for the British was a Rebel version of the Minorca surrender which ungratefully toned down Britain's "good offices," trumped up a tale about a brief but heroic landing on the island which ended in its capitulation...
...photographic and engraving department that feeds his papers shots of local rabbit hunters, sorority initiations, farmers' wives in town to buy perfume. Best-played stories of a typical recent week in the Anderson papers: annual Chamber of Commerce meeting, opening of two new hosiery mills, the tale of a city girl who came to town, scratched her neck with a razor for unrequited love, was arrested as a drunk...
...Danish religious press was undecided whether Author Tandrup was being satirical or only devoutly whimsical. U. S. readers will recognize the tone: that of Green Pastures. Essentially the tale is serious enough; its symbolism includes politics as well as religion. As for the humor of Jonah's situations, the original author appears to have been something of a humorist himself...
Shock From Lima, Peru, came a Decameronian tale: a stroke of lightning which ripped off all the clothes of a beautiful young woman in the streets of Calendin (pop.: 5,000), left her mute from shock. Shocked in his turn by the dazzling sight, a passer-by who had long been mute, recovered his powers of speech...
Things had come to pass before his eyes; the events inspired him. Because the actors in the tale had been persistent. And mute...