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...fame increased Sarah's expenses faster than her income. She decided to recoup her debts in the U.S. Americans received her with open arms: "Some half-dozen Bernhardts claimed to be her father, one in Philadelphia being particularly insistent." (Mother Julie's carelessness in such matters had left some doubt about Sarah's paternity...
...there was also a brighter side. The Nast pattern business was on the upgrade due to fatter consumer paychecks. The Nast $2,000,000 printing and engraving plant runs three shifts (it prints the New Yorker, Mademoiselle, Nation's Business, a half-dozen other magazines). British Vogue's profits ($100,000 last year) are not shown in U.S. statements...
Another raider group swept through the extensive area westward of the Marines' perimeter, hunting down a Japanese force that has a foothold there. A half-dozen Japanese were flushed and shot. The rest fled beyond range and down the coast...
...favored to win the Pacific Coast Conference title for the first time in five years. In the South, all eyes are on the Georgia Bulldogs and Frank Sinkwich, speedy bonecrusher who made 15 All-Americas last year despite a broken jaw. In the Southwest, any one of a half-dozen teams might come out on top, but preseason dope favors Texas University and Texas...
...disease is sweeping the U.S. It is known as "pneumonitis," "virus pneumonia" and a half-dozen other names. The Army, which has special reason to be worried, labels the disease "primary atypical pneumonia, etiology [cause] unknown...