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Farmer Folke Trana, of Valo, Sweden, was plowing a boggy field when his plow dug out of the gooey dirt a crude wooden dragon's head about a foot long. Farmer Trana was agreeably surprised, but when he reported his find to the State Historical Museum, its experts were delighted. The carved head, they decided, might be part of a "High Seat" of the Viking...
...Dragon's Break. Entering the chamber during a debate on denationalization of truck transport, Churchill heard Acting Opposition Leader Herbert Morrison saying: "There is no hurry about this bill; in fact, it would be a good thing if it were never passed at all." Churchill rose to the fray. Standing with his feet apart, dimpled hands on the dispatch box, his face flushed a winy pink, he said: "The Right Hon. Gentleman is a master of the art of trying to have it all ways at once." His next words were almost lost in the din of angry voices...
...gunners what would happen if St. George (about 300 A.D.) were alive today: "St. George would arrive in Cappadocia accompanied, not by a horse, but by a secretariat. He would be armed, not by a lance, but by several flexible formulas . . . He would propose a conference with the dragon. He would then lend the dragon a lot of money. The maiden's release would be referred to Geneva or New York, the dragon reserving all rights meanwhile...
...miles per gallon: Hudson Super Jet, 25.42; Nash Rambler Super. 25.37; Studebaker Commander, 24.50; Dodge V8, 23.41; Studebaker Land Cruiser, 23.39; Mercury Monterey, 23.15; Studebaker Land Cruiser (with automatic shift), 22.88; Plymouth Cranbrook, 22.83; Nash Ambassador, 22.54; Ford Mainline Eight, 22.51; Kaiser Manhattan, 22.27; Hudson Jet, 22.05; Kaiser Dragon, 21.45; Nash Ambassador Custom, 21.12; De Soto Firedome V8, 20.92; Lincoln Capri, 19.94; Nash Statesman, 19.44; Hudson Super Wasp, 19.09; Hudson Hornet, 18.95; Packard Clipper, 18.67; Chrysler New Yorker, 17.75; Chrysler Imperial...
...music, descriptive of the IndoChinese New Year's Day, savored strongly of the Orient, with moments of mysterious atmosphere, trombone blasts to describe a "menacing tiger," rumbling drums for a "creeping dragon," and an anthem-like "Song of Hope" for its finale. Said Conductor Jean Martinon: "A very nice talent...