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...inches away. The next step was to fly Gos against live game. But the end came suddenly. Gos flew to the end of his creance, snapped it, and soared free as the day he was born-except for a leather leash tying his legs. White chased him in vain. For three days Gos soared overhead in tremendous circuits of exultation. Then he flew away...
After they had exchanged a few prances and roars, seven more brightly costumed devils strutted forward to shout their vain glorious boasts and be routed, one by one, by Michael. Envy ("I am the worst of the capital sins") wore a mask of interlaced serpents; Sloth was a yawning frog; Lust was masked by lizards. Last of all came La Diabla, the she-devil. With her seductive smile and flouncing skirts, provocatively hoisted as she danced, the tempting she-devil managed to give the archangel a bad half-hour...
...Annapolis degree established him as an engineer in Cuba; in that profession, together with sugar-planting, he has since made a comfortable livelihood. His naval training also qualified him to lead a filibustering expedition ashore at Gibara in eastern Cuba in 1931 in a vain effort to overthrow the Machado tyranny. Amnestied, he went into exile until Machado was finally toppled two years later...
...letter was written to Daniel E Woodhull. Jr., who heads the post. Woodhull answered that he had attacked Sarah Lawrence, but had tried in vain to get specific answers from Taylor about communism there...
...task of lifting Marie du Port out of the muck of mediocrity therefore falls to Gabin. He succeeds. The story--a middle-aged man's vain attempts to stay away from an appealing eighteen-year-old--is not particularly sparkling, nor are the camera shots of a small French fishing village particularly interesting. But the terse, emotional dialogue is admirably suited to Gabin's soft, husky voice. Regrettably, the English subtitles often mangle his throaty speeches. In one scene he clutches Miss Brunoy's shoulders and painfully breathes out the confession of his infatuation. The English subtitle coldly states...