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...ever heard from an aircraft engine. This engine was Pratt & Whitney's new 1830 Wasp, described by its makers as the most powerful ever developed for standard service in the U. S. Before the flight demonstration another 1830 Wasp on a test block made spectators' ears throb, shook their bellies...
...leaves and crisp breezes and blue skies--and even multicolored thoughts--are not the only things which throb in the Vagabond's heart. There's the shrill of the whistle....the sound of the punt...the dodge of the runner....the cries of the crowd....the grunt of the tackle....the call of a play, and, all over again. Yes, gentlemen, there's also the taste of hot dogs, racoons and bad ale. There are passes too high; there are seats too low. There are kicks on the field; there's kicking in the grandstand. There is good interference...
Follows a duel in the best early Fairbanks manner between O'Flynn and his sweetheart's treacherous fiance, the siege of Orange's Castle Knockmore, discovery of the fabled treasure in Castle Famine. Best tunes in the lush musical accompaniment to all these romantic doings: "Child of Erin," "The Throb of My Heart," "Lovely Lady...
...Cover the Waterfront established Max Miller in the hearts of a large number of his fellow citizens. He rediscovered the pull of the human interest story, the homely philosophical anecdote, the hushed heart throb. Having mastered his technique he proceeded to turn out He Went Away for a While and The Beginning of a Mortal. Now appears The Second House from the Corner, written in the same whimsical, speculative vein, with the same familiar snatches from the cracker barrel of homespun philosophy. Some of the fragments are pretty stale and moldy. Author Miller writes about himself after the manner...
...saintly individuality of Christ is beyond question, but He was only a human being unrelated to God." Exactly what positive line the new Nazi Christianity will take remained obscure. "The new German creed will not depend on a future world alone," mysteriously explained Count zu Reventlow. "but on the throb in our souls. We will follow the voice which God put in our breast, our conscience and our divine feeling. The ideas of the New Testament are a mixture of several ancient religions and are insufficient to fulfill our German religious needs...