Word: welled
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...recent weeks sharp-eyed Fascist scouts noted in Italian bookstores handsomely bound, well made editions of the works of classic Russian and American authors selling at prices obviously below the cost of manufacture. Fascist authorities scented propaganda. Last week, armed with orders from the Italian Department of the Interior (Italy's Department of the Interior: Benito Mussolini), black-shirted, truncheon-swinging Fascist Militia raided bookstores, bundled all editions of the works of Gorky, Gogol, Dostoievski, Tolstoy, Turgeniev, and even Jack London into vans. Official reason: "Low-priced editions of these works have injured the sale of books by modern...
...Spanish cinema," said he. "Between us is an unused courtyard. Every night when the theatre is closed I take the poster boards down from in front of the theatre and store them in this courtyard. This Spanish type, he does the same thing with his posters. Very well, morning after morning I have found the French posters torn to shreds, the Spanish posters untouched...
...leader of the efficient, modernized "ironsides" division of the Nationalist Army, suddenly revolted, marched his men south through Hunan Province to join the southern rebels of Kwangsi, who have defied the authority of the Nationalist Government since last May. 2) Encouraged by thoughts of the well-armed "ironsides" division, six other Nationalist generals joined them. 3) General Ho Ying-chäing, one of President Chiang's most valued assistants, suddenly resigned from six important government positions in the Nationalist Government "to attend the funeral of his father." Foreign Minister Wang's gloom was slightly alleviated late...
...such a way that they provoke ironic amusement. A suburbanite husband (Frank Morgan) determines to purge his home of a golf champion who has been paying unwelcome attentions to his wife (Katherine Wilson). She conceals herself behind the parlor drapes to overhear his stern dismissal. All goes very well until the golfer pointedly reminds the husband that those who cherish their wives do not consort with Spanish dancers on the side. When he has gone, the curtains enfolding the wife never tremble. Their motionlessness is the essence of drama, and though a domestic tragedy has been laid bare...
...fueling or fighting fires, in blowing up cities or in dyeing cloth. Its first and perhaps most important use, however, is in supplying the pressure that forces crude oil from the bowels of the earth to the surface. When local gas pressure is exhausted, further working of an oil well is almost prohibitively expensive...