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...fire for fear of hitting their own men. Nonetheless, the Riffs mounted and captured 75 in the open not far away, and one lone white-robed man proceeded to load and fire it pointblank at the blockhouse. He fired eight times and made eight hits. French guns replied and drove him to hitch several mules to his gun and haul it behind a hill...
...some wondered, largely the fear of indolence, the terror of the waste and shrill emptiness of life that drove a gentleman of such parts, schooled in such a civilized charm, to lead a life beleaguered with lonely effort, desolated with efficiency? Was it this terror, also, that bred in him such a pity for men that his instant reaction to an outrageous crime was sorrow for the criminals? Various comments to some such effect were; made by his friends, but strangest of all was one supplied by an item printed in his paper just before his body exchanged its pleasant...
After a brief reception the Prince drove on down the Avenida de Mayo crowded with people for more than a mile while flowers rained on his carriage as he passed. At last he was safely ensconced in his official residence, Basualdo Palace...
Fortune apparently has begun to frown on the rebel chieftain Abd-el-Krim. A fortnight ago TIME, Aug. 24) the Spaniards and the French drove back his western front. Last week the French drove back his southern front. All through the Taza sector the Riffs were driven back and the French in three days claimed the recovery of all the territory Abd-el-Krim had taken in three months...
...Brookline. Gerald Patterson for Australia - a tall sleek giant, epitomizing in his person all the large-limbed grace and slow-footedness of the western peoples-op-posed Takeichi Harada for Japan, a man like a brown jumping-jack. Patterson drove his mighty shots into the net, swacked them over the backline, was tidily defeated but his teammates, Anderson and Hawkes, won all their matches, eliminated Japan from the Davis Cup tryouts. Australia was scheduled to oppose France to see which will face...