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...torrid heat made closing the doors unthinkable. Then nearby British artillery opened fire, presumably against Indonesian guerrillas. Sir Archibald, seasoned diplomat though he was, gave up, with a shrug of his shoulders. "I can't compete with this," said he. General Mansergh, not realizing that the thunderous obbligato was being played by his own guns, bellowed: "The Ambassador can't compete with the Almighty-rain and thunder...
...accompaniment of eerie music and the sound of loud explosions, a succession of breathless news announcers pleaded with Parisians not to panic. "You are helpless in any case," they added. They begged listeners to remain calm "even if you see sudden flashes in the sky, hear claps of thunder; if the earth quakes, lights fail, electric motors stop and you sense . . . loss of equilibrium...
...cabaret owner, who took her inside, made her sing in her threadbare skirt and sweater. After her first song there was a sepulchral silence. "A thousand thoughts went through my mind," she says. "Did my miserable appearance make them feel ashamed?" Then the hall broke into a long thunder of applause. Maurice Chevalier rose to his feet and cried: "Elle en a plein le ventre, la môme" ("The kid's got plenty of stuff...
Next morning the truce was drafted. From the rostrum of the opening session of the Political Consultation Conference, the Generalissimo proclaimed the news amid a thunder of applause. Cried Chungking's Ta Kung Pao: "General Marshall . . . has achieved merit of global proportions...
Paradoxically, the only teams up to full strength were the Rangers and the Maple Leafs, both hopelessly bogged in the league cellar. But they could offer home-town fans plenty of real blood & thunder on the artificial ice-and the rabid fans...