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White-haired, conventional Senator Deneen, ardent Y. M. C. A. worker that he is, was appealing to the ''better element" of the state, making "law-and-order"' his prime slogan. Esposito, his friend, once ran the Bella Napoli, was reputed in his day to be as monstrous a gangster as Alphonse ("Scarface") Capone. Senator Deneen stood as godfather for an Esposito child, partook of the Esposito baptismal feast, had himself photographed with the family. In March 1928, Esposito was shot down with 58 lead slugs in his head, according to Senator Deneen's count...
...admirable snake in the grass with a most gracious smile for his puppets and a devastating frown for his enemies. In the midst of prodigious excitement and complication he seemed to keep a very clear head and came within an ace of being the victor. The comedy element in the guise of Sieur de Beringhen, Gordon Hart, was effective in spite of the fact that his elongated person did not particularly suggest a gourmand. Ernest Rowan as Chevalier de Mauprat was just a bit enthusiastic, but the high flavor of his lines excused that. The person...
Charles Baskerville was the first American to discover a new element. He established the fact that thorium, hitherto supposed to be an element is really a combination of two substances called by him carolinium after the State of North Carolina and Berzelium after Berzelius a Swedish chemist who discovered thorium nearly a century ago. These new elements were first found by Prof. Baskerville in the monazite sand of North Carolina...
...Chemical Dictionary says "Berzelium, a supposed element of atomic weight 212 found by Baskerville in thorium salts...
...fiancee and murders the father of a peasant. This lad then learns the art of fighting and, with the aid of a sinister friend of his father's known as "The Shadow Man," wreaks revenge on the noble. This play exhibits the dueling which is a characteristic element of the Ken-Geki. It consists of fearsome attitudes struck with long, glittering blades, followed by angry swipes which usually miss their mark. An Occidental fencer who indulged in such waste motion would be speedily punctured, but these mimic wars, accompanied by grunts and gnashings, are undeniably picturesque. Matsuri (Festival...