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Since the U. S. import duty on foreign cars was cut to 10%, Germany's swanker cars bought with blocked marks have begun to tempt U. S. socialites who have been buying their big Diesel yachts in Germany for years. Thus in 1929 the highest-priced Mercedes chassis cost $15,500 in Manhattan, costs but $8,000 today...
...comely hostess, soft lights, and sweet music, and a cuisine superior to any in the Square will tempt after-the-game diners. A complete line of liquors served by a bartender well versed in the art will please the most fastidious imbibers...
...dusted armchairs with the seat of their pants may not actually close a deal for weeks or even months. But the Mart claims that 70% of all furniture purchased in the U. S. is bought from companies exhibiting at its winter and summer shows. This year manufacturers hope to tempt the public into renewed buying of modern furniture, which has toned down considerably since its introduction in 1928. Of the 20,000 pieces on exhibit at the mart, 26% were modern "functional" (extreme) and "classic" (toned down), 30% Early American, 23% commercial and nondescript, 10% Georgian, the rest Louis, Early...
...arms!" shouts Student Hans Westmar. In order to fight, bleed and make themselves "true Germans" Hans and his classmates stage a dueling match with sabres. They thus break the antidueling law of the German Republic, one of the first laws canceled by Adolf Hitler when he became Chancellor. To tempt Hero Hans a beauteous U. S. heiress appears, but Hans scorns a life of ease in the U. S., rushes to do Nazi battle in the streets of Berlin and dies, as did Horst, assassinated by Reds. In the final scene Nazis march triumphant under Berlin's Brandenburg Gate...
...Mussolini is not, of course, too serious in believing that any medicine can be found which will restore a noticeable degree of health to the near corpse. He does go so far as to make a proposal that certain articles be hewed out of the Covenant in order to tempt back into the fold the truant nations, even perhaps, hoping that the United States and Soviet Russia as well will take a snap at the balt. But these diplomatic gestures can only be gestures. Mussolini is perfectly well aware that the Covenant can only be altered by a unanimous decision...