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...France in the "Stabilized Franc" Cabinet two years ago (TIME, Nov. 19, 1928), cracks and scoops out a soft boiled egg nearly every morning,* white and profuse though his whiskers are. Last week this excitable elder statesman suspected every egg set before him of being from Moscow. What drove him frantic was that he could not be sure! "In Great Britain, Belgium and Germany it is otherwise!", stormed he to correspondents. "With great wisdom those countries stamp imported eggs with an indication of origin at the frontier.† France must do the same! Millions of eggs from Moscow are being...
During the second quarter H. H. Broad-bent '32, took the ball down the field and drove a hard shot at the second team goalie. With a desperate effort, Faude stopped the kick, but was drawn out of position far enough to enable Frame to take the shot as it ricochetted from the goal, and drive it back again for another score. The final score for the winners was made by J. W. Carrigan '31, who garnered a goal on a long accurate kick that came at an unexpected moment...
Buenos Aires was Bedlam. But steadily, methodically, hour after hour General Uriburu was bringing fresh troops from suburban garrisons into the Capital. With masterly skill he organized calm, drove the Irigoyenist shotgun-toters off the streets, proved that counter revolution worthy of the name had never existed, made himself highly popular with men of property...
Alfred Daub, Seattle big game hunter, returned to Nairobi, Africa, last week, from a hunting trip, told of a new way to take wild animals pictures. Tying the carcass of a zebra behind a truck, Hunter Daub and his companions drove around the African veldt. Two lions and a lioness smelled the meat, ran after. While the animals fought for the bait, Hunter Daub sat safely in the truck, cranked his camera...
Another early problem was the fact that some residents with automobiles drove to neighboring towns to go shopping, and a few residents even moved out. But this has stopped. Says Dr. Paul B. Lonergan, now president of the Association: "It rid the town of its God-given deadbeats." He is a strong booster of the plan because after two years of practice in Bloomfield he had lost $2,200 through bad debts...