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...injured knee forced him to give up the trade and he returned to school, and later went to the University of Königsberg. Meanwhile, he had become somewhat of an innocent lady-killer, but an experience with an anonymous married lady of easy virtue brought its not uncommon legacy of revulsion and bitterness. Already he wrote in secret...
Soul of the Beast. Here are two widely different points. of appeal. One is the curious fascination of an amiable trick elephant (Oscar); the other the uncommon good looks of the heroine. Though the rest of the production be negligible, for those who have a friendly feeling for Madge Bellamy and elephants it will afford a modicum of entertainment...
...favor of Jetta Gondal who portrays a scintillating Chinese vamp and Anders Randolph as a sinister Spanish captain. The direction is intelligent, the supporting cast splendid and the picture, in general, well worth seeing-what it lacks is a couple of drops of genius-and that is no uncommon lack...
Such sudden increase in brilliancy of fixed stars is not uncommon. Most astronomers believe that the changes are due to eruptions within each particular star, and that the sun spots we observe from time to time are similar, though trifling, eruptions within our sun. Since the stars that suddenly become twice as brilliant are supposed to be in about the same stage of development as our sun, the latter too might at any time flare up as the stars have done; and if it did, the intense heat would consume everything on earth as fiercely as an acetyline torch licks...
...much as its predecessor for "conversation or animated discussion." The Public-Spirited Senior, whose generous purchase of a dozen pairs of English sparrows for the Yard was noted half a century ago, has had ample time to watch the progress of his little colony until it is no uncommon sight to see two of these unusual birds at the same time in Sever Quadrangle alone...