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Nine years ago, when Pollyanna and its sequel Pollyanna Grows Up had newly burst upon the view, one reviewer, more prophetically than he knew, remarked : "Pollyanna retires from her second book at the age of 20 and she is 'glad, glad, glad for - everything,' for she and Jimmy love each other. . . . Two other incidental romances and some mysteries still remain unsolved ; so [he added apprehensively] it may be necessary for more 'glad' books to follow...
...York. $2,308.48 was paid for more than 8,000 pieces of mail and at 66? a mile, which is the average figure for cost of flying operation, the Government realized $539.68 profit. There is no doubt the service can pay for itself-if the first great burst of business due to curiosity and sentiment does not fall...
Automatically, and because there was nothing else to do, the Convention went on balloting. When any state changed its vote to McAdoo or to Smith, there was a burst of enthusiasm followed by a parade of state standards around the aisles. When the state flopped back to one of the favorite sons, there was a burst of cheering...
Public humiliation resulting from a burst water main...
...Manchester, Iowa, one Charles Rann, a newspaperman, stood on a street corner. Hard by, a water-main burst, deluging Rann's trousers, driving him home in confusion. Rann brought suit for $10,000 damages against the City of Manchester, the Bryant Paving Co., and others. Said he: "I was publicly humiliated...