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Pompous street criers strode last week through the narrow, vile and crowded thoroughfares of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. What the criers intoned in majestic Persian, their attendants translated freely into vulgar Pushtoo. Soon the 100,000 citizens of Kabul rejoiced that there Amir* ("Sovereign Lord") Amanullah Khan had conferred upon himself by proclamation the title "King...
Most important to culture was the expressed opinion that pianos are no longer bought as a vulgar mark of distinction, but simply for the love of music...
There is no excuse for being vulgar. A few weeks ago a communication was run on the same day that this column appeared. The communication concerned Harvard and a buggy ride. The reason it was run was obvious. Some journalist wanted to show that there are still barbarians in Cambridge. He evidently forgot that people read the CRIMSON before breakfast. And did you see the advertisement for the Dramatic Club play in the Lampoon--"Brown of Harvard is to be given five performances. Take your pick and come." I have an excellent...
...driver. Scandalized, the Carlton's imperious doorman motioned this hawker of transportation to move on, summoned the Home Secretary's motor. Frigid with annoyance, Sir William Joynson-Hicks rolled away. At least he appeared frigid. He is popularly supposed to resent the nickname "Jix" applied to him by vulgar plebs. He is alleged to resent still more the evolution of "Jix" into "jixie," based upon the fact that as Home Secretary he has been obliged to take the responsibility for granting licenses to London's 500 new two-seater cabs...
...tight as a drumhead. He has "governed by castor oil"?introduced into anti-Fascist throats while anti-Fascist noses were roughly tweaked by Farinacci's Selvaggi ("Savages"). He has earned the title "Right Fist of the Fascist Party." He has been denounced by Cardinal Gasparri as a "vulgar demagog." None the less, Mussolini had him made a lawyer so that he might defend the slayers of Matteotti (TIME, March 22). The rude mechanic from Abruzzi secured the virtual whitewashing of his clients from an Abruzzi Fascist jury (TIME, April...