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Nothing could have pleased Mr. Hearst more than the episode which lay behind that triumphant return?his expulsion from France for inflammatory eloquence in Germany and because his henchman had filched a secret document pertaining to a projected Anglo-French naval agreement in 1928 (TIME, Oct. 22, 1928). That episode had put him where he loves to be, on the All-American defensive. It had given him an opening for a brilliantly sarcastic reply to France which he released as soon as he landed in England. It had made it seem appropriate for a swarm of disabled War veterans...
Describing his astounding maiden speech Winston Churchill (friend of 25 years) has written that "for the space of an hour 'F. E.' lisped and purred an unceasing series of blistering, glittering, carefully studied and audaciously flung taunts and insults in the teeth of the triumphant majority"?with the result that the late Lord Balfour, then Britain's No. 1 Parliamentarian, crossed the House publicly to congratulate Smith M. P., and he was "made...
...this tough Rhinelander who transformed the intolerable affliction of his deafness into mighty music. His impossible pride impeded the social intercourse he desired. He loved always unsuccessfully. His tempestuous affections multiplied troubles with loyal friends and an ungracious family. Yet invariably out of his greatest despair came his most triumphant works: the Eroica symphony sprang from misery that led him to write his will in Heiligenstadt. This biography succeeds despite irreverent handling of disputed material and much romantic fluff. Beethoven emerges the most distinct character of the three, perhaps the greatest...
...tempestuous Reichstag there were shouts of "Down with Hindenburg!" last week (see col. 2), but no such blatant outburst marred the triumphant passage of Old Paul through the newly liberated Rhineland (TIME, July 14 et seq.). In city after city massed thousands greeted the venerable president first with a reverent hush, then with a tornado of delirious "hochs...
Last week triumphant Communist Maslowski addressed the Reichstag in a brilliant blue sport shirt, is rumored to have a screeching red shirt in reserve...