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Answer3. Complete demoralization of currency, the spectre of post-War Germany, the nightmare of roast beef selling at $5,000,000 a pound, is still too far away for intelligent discussion...
Died. Henry ter Linden, 70, president of Imitation Food Products Co.; by his own hand (revolver) ; in Brooklyn. For restaurants, stores, photographers, practical jokers he made painted wax onions, cuts of beef, doughnuts, ice cream, banana splits...
...accustomed to camera work. Most intractable was a supercilious warthog. In one scene a woman visitor complains about the smell of the animals. The wart-hog gives her a derisive sniff. Director Lee produced the proper expression by offering the wart-hog a carrot, substituting a piece of raw beef to make him disgusted...
...making it a vast bird sanctuary. Lafcadio Hearn knew Japan in the same way. Mr. Guedalia understands the implications of the Monroe Doctrine. He is careful to point out the advantages of the Argentine's economic dependence on Great Britain, which is best strengthened by the indulgence of the beef eating Englishman. In fact, his wit is considerably circumscribed because he is on an official commission, and is forced to limit his barbed wit to thrusts at the Damnyanke and the wily French. Because of these impediments to the Communication of sensations out of his own sphere, Sterne would call...
...Handle of the Wallace pitchfork is the Secretary's power to tax. To raise money to pay land rents and Domestic Allotment "benefits" he may levy on every bushel of wheat the miller turns to flour, on every pound of pork and beef the packer turns to ham and steak, on every quart of milk and cream that go into butter and cheese, on every pound of cotton the spinner makes into cloth. This processing tax, heart of the Roosevelt relief scheme, is a variable quantity which the Secretary of Agriculture adjusts to bring farm prices...