Word: fakes
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...made it clear to these gentlemen that in my opinion it was a fake and it was impossible. They asked that I present their message and plan to President Roosevelt and Mr. Hull, which I refused to do, but I did report it to the Department of State...
...species in captivity this side of Mahatma Ghandi, the Herald correspondent had claimed that the Indian was the only person in Boston capable of mastering the intricacies of winding a turban, so that it stays on. Mahindra, however, took up the challenge, declared that Sabu was a fake, and gave a demonstration of his own technique since the actor had refused...
...actress does not belie the woman. Ruth Gordon has a sharp tongue in her head, no coy sweetness, no fake modesty. Told she stands on the theater's top rung, she retorts: "It's about time." Told that The Three Sisters will be a model for aspiring actresses, she snaps: "It should be." Asked to compare her acting with Cornell's and Anderson's, she counters: "Do you say that Renoir is two inches behind Manet, or Degas a foot ahead?" She snarls at Nature: "I don't care if a flower grows upside down...
After five false starts in six months, Artist Hélion finally decided to fake a toothache. Ordered to bed one Friday the 13th, Hélion escaped while the guards were busy with the other prisoners. He got to the street in civilian clothes. A Nazi cop hove in sight. Artist Hélion immediately went up to him and asked him the time. Asked the cop: "What are you doing in a forbidden area?" Said Hélion: "I'm a worker imported from Antwerp." He added: "Where can I get a decent glass of beer...
Managing Editor Ayers wanted proof. With Ayers's assent Bradley then carefully cooked up a fake wire story, in whose every line fantastic misstatements were flatly and plausibly inserted. He had it mimeographed, gave a copy to each of the four girls around the copy desk, told them to edit it and write a head (see below...