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Over a tawny glass of Spanish sherry a suave Semite faced London reporters in his flat last week. They knew that he had just made a bust of the largest British magazine enterprise of recent years, was regarded by some as a not inconsiderable ass. Twirling his glass of sherry, Gilbert ("Swankau") Frankau alibied...
Every now and then, someone in Washington "speaks out of turn." Immediately, the rest of Washington is agog and remains so until it has decided whether the outspoken one is a fool, a publicity seeker, a self-important ass or a wise and forthright fellow...
...Britten is a self-important ass, colleagues who have known him in the House for 15 years have yet to find it out. He is blunt, yes, and self-confident, and a bit crude at times in a blustery Chicago way. But he has never been blown up about himself...
...frequent, skillful references to Baker, Oregon, "a place in America," where he has two sisters, Hetty and Jane, "good girls"). Apprehended, the Englishman is bound by the wrists, his back is used as an etching-plate, upon which Mr. Crispin cuts with a surgical scalpel the likeness of an ass. The American is subjected to mental torture. But just as Mr. Crispin, drawing on a surgeon's blouse, is about to consummate his fiendish plans for the Englishman, the American and the girl, the three dumb Japs, squealing laughter from tongueless mouths, have their own revenge. This...
...Pods. Asses, even the mock-ass Bottom of .4 Midsummer Night's Dream. enjoy eating peas, pods and all. Other live stock also find them delectable. Humans like the green seeds, but not the pods. Yet the pods contain valuable sugar and proteins. How to make them humanly palatable is a job which the U. S. Department of Agriculture's bureau of chemistry has set for itself...