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...other hand, it is possible that Handsome Dan, II can take care of himself. In a broadcast appeal his Yale friends have requested that his captors, whoever they may be, feed him on nothing but red meat. And it seems to us that the fine Italian hand of an Eli Machiavelli becomes visible. We never yet heard of a Yale bulldog fed for any appreciable length of time on raw beef that needed any sympathy. The Yales may have been able with impunity to kidnap a poor defenceless stuffed Ibis, but we shall be surprised if in a short time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 3/24/1934 | See Source »

...Whoever kidnapped Timmie may be a smart racketeer, but he doesn't know dogs. The dog is sick and can't live without special care. I've been giving him medicine ever since I left Boston. I have worried about this dog more than I did when my business went on the rocks and I lost $700.000 or $800,000. The dog isn't worth ten cents to whoever kidnapped him. but I wouldn't have sold him for $10.000. . . . The damn dog has something. He steals every show he enters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Pupnapping | 3/12/1934 | See Source »

...Whoever gave testimony to the effect that I made such remarks must have come into the audience right in the middle of the speech. What I did tell them was this, that crime is a commercialized war against society and that anyone who fights in that war is a fool. I told the men what those who were at Norfolk were there because they had fought in a losing fight against society, in a war in which almost all the participants lose anyway. I pointed out to the men that they had a much bigger war ahead of them than...

Author: By John U. Monro, | Title: Balsam Issues Denial, Denounces Hurley-Dillon Allegation As Macchiavellian And Sorry Trick | 3/8/1934 | See Source »

...Army jumping team from Fort Riley beat Forts Myer, Sill, Benning, McPherson and Oglethorpe. In a Miami store window a pair of Primo Camera's giant clodhoppers stood filled with pennies-offering a pair of free tickets to this week's Camera-Tommy Loughran championship fight to whoever guessed most accurately their contents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Second Blooming | 3/5/1934 | See Source »

...examinations in Chemistry 44 and Physics D were handled last year. Another case was presented by the Bible and Shakespeare examinations last spring in the field of History and Literature, when a large portion of the questions were not concerned in any way with the required reading. Apparently, whoever was in charge had neglected even to glance at the papers until the test had actually started, when it was too late to rectify the error...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FEET OF CLAY | 1/16/1934 | See Source »

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