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...Last week generals fumed, colonels smarted, and subalterns rolled out rich round oaths-all because War Minister Shaw, at a rally of Socialist constituents, had bellowed what they considered mollycoddle sentiments respecting Egypt. To a British fighting man Egypt is the last country on earth which the Empire can afford to mollycoddle. Egypt with her Suez Canal is the road to India, and British soldiers have been guarding that road for decades, right or wrong. It was gall and wormwood, it was bitter hemlock, last week, for British officers to stomach what was shouted to cheering, pacifistic socialists...
...work in Manhattan theatres in July and those who work in August. July is the lean theatrical month. Then it is that lowly, hopeful playwrights take advantage of the heat, the consequent emptiness and availability of theatres. They present their dubious plays with groups of actors who cannot afford to be particular...
...their practical philanthropy, to buy more New England textile plants and thus "forestall financial ruin and consequent distress to numerous communities through enforced idleness of thousands of workers." In other words, having bought big stakes in New England, the Insulls must now help keep New England alive. They can afford to run a few textile mills at a loss if that will keep the workers there to buy light...
...Michigan) also flies frequently. U. S. Senator Hiram Bingham (Connecticut) is the only Senator who flies frequently. None of President Hoover's Cabinet flies often. Recently Secretaries Adams (Navy), Lament (Commerce) and Davis (Labor) have gone up. Secretary Davis said that he would buy a plane, could he afford...
...Edwin Greene (on the telephone): Edwin's dead. Voice: I'm dreadfully sorry! Mrs. Edwin: Oh, are you?-It's an easy thing to be. You've got your husband at home safely tied to your apron strings. You can afford to be. When more normal, Mrs. Edwin weeps three times daily...