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...Stung by Randolph's crack. Henry Clay challenged him to a duel. Clay's second bullet made a hole in Randolph's white flannel wrapper, whereupon Randolph gallantly waived his own second shot, offered to shake hands. Clay shook...
...husky bread-baker's helper was also a skilled cake and pie wrapper. His father 22 and his numerous brothers and sisters were always losing their jobs, or never getting jobs. He had just lost his last one, had a brother at work who was unaccountably registered in another district. Both brothers were drafted the same day, leaving the family without steady support. The Rev. Mr. Gruman felt like the devil, could do nothing about...
When the war started, Eggleston's business fell off badly. Now it is going strong again. "My customers," he says, "are entering more contests than ever trying to get their minds off their troubles." Eggleston has had no complaints from any company whose wrapper or box top he carries. "What organization," he inquires earnestly, "is doing more to bring about more contests through sales than the box-top dealer? . . . We are sheep in wolf's clothing...
...farmers who bought livestock feed. Another $45,000,000 of the increase was in sugar imports-that was mostly in higher prices, as sugar imports are controlled by quotas. Of the $261,000,000 remaining, $178,000,000 is accounted for by commodities like vegetable oils, olives, skins and wrapper tobacco which the U. S. always imports. The final $83,000,000 unbalance was picayune...
...show, emoted copiously in black slacks in an audience-less studio, wasted wordily away at the finish like a traditional Camille. Mightily pleased with the play, the playwright and a medium which let her hold most of the stage for a full hour without a single program or gum wrapper crackling, Alia Nazimova let out a secret. "Always," she confessed, "I have hated audiences. Always...