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...prolonged pitched engagement. Only the fact that another Marine patrol, under Capt. William McNulty was in the vicinity, and rushed up at the sound of firing, prevented an ugly outcome. Eventually, the Sandinistas were driven to withdraw into the underbrush, and jungles, which is their natural and protective element...
From time immemorial, power has had more force in the evolution of kingdoms Dand governments than ideals and justice. Historians inevitably arrive at this conclusion after weighing every element in the balance, and after attaining a universal perspective of the situation. However, a careful investigation of the trend of history is hardly necessary, for during the past week, a significant illustration of the force of power has arisen. Premier Mussolini, in attacking the "intolerable interference" of Austria in the Upper Adige, or Italian Tyrol, is voicing the assurance of a nation which feels capable of enforcing its own policy...
Among the most novel of these operas is Mozart's "Abduction from the Seraglio", a comedy with a romantic background interspersing speech with song. Two lovers and the Sultan are the Romantic personages, while the keeper of the harem, fat and drunken, and a sportive maid provide the humorous element. It has seldom been performed in this country. The first recorded performance was at Brooklyn in 1860, in Italian, under the title "Belmonte and Constanze". Two years later there was a performance in German at the German Opera House in New York.SELECTED TO SING ROLE OF LADY HARRIETT IN "MARTHA...
...colloquial connotation. The new testament promulgates the theory that one person may atone for the sins of another; even, by great suffering and great holiness, for the sins of many. Monasteries, contrary to common supposition, are founded upon this principle of substitution. Perhaps the most strikingly emotional element of Christianity, it often finds expression in urgent hymns such as "Washed in the Blood of the Lamb...
...theoretical but unsound basis of his cure was the double chloride of gold. He prated: "It acts like vaccination, eliminating from the system the element which has an affinity for the poison in alcohol. . . . Gold acts on the higher cerebral nerve centres, the seat of the diseased will and the mania for strong drink." Because his treatment had some practical success, simple folks fixed their memories on gold. Therefore the subtle plausibility of the Haines Golden Treatment...