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...spanner thrower they had in mind was Jinnah. If he refuses to cooperate, the Congress will likely go ahead and form an interim government. Jinnah would then have a clear choice between cooperation and civil...
...hillsides, he paused before a picture of the Virgin. He put his last coin in the offering box, there & then resolved to enter the Greek Orthodox priesthood. An uncle, a well-to-do priest, shepherded him through the schools of Karditsa, where he excelled as a wrestler and javelin thrower...
...Clarence Craft's lieutenant: "I could think of only one thing-that damn fool is determined to get out of the Army either via the Medal of Honor or death." ¶J Clarence Craft's mother: "He's the most accurate thrower I ever saw. Why, I've seen that boy kill fish in a stream throwing rocks at them, home in Missouri." ¶I The New York Times: "Great must be the rejoicing among all the Clarences of this world...
Core of the attack was the new U.S.-developed granular white powder which G.I.s call "fire roe." Mixed with gasoline it forms a jelly that sears and sticks to everything it touches. New instruments of war have been developed to handle the jelly-the M22 portable thrower with a revolver-type ignition system, the Ronson-type tank-mounted thrower, and airplane bombs ranging from...
...story of its development is the story of small operators with shoestring capital and striking originality. A typical example is Mabs of Hollywood. Mabs Barnes, 35, a flaming redhead, ex-discus thrower and ballet dancer, was disgusted with the girdles and panty girdles on the market when she was a Hollywood movie dancer in 1933. She made a girdle herself, found that other dancers wanted similar girdles, so she quit dancing and started a actory. Now Mabs sells girdles, bathing suits and sports clothes in 800 stores in the U.S. Californians are sure that they have many more like Mabs...