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...rumbled his deep bass laugh at the point-blank query whether he might not even yet sell out to Japan. "I will resist the Japanese." said he when he had had his laugh "with all the troops nd resources at my command...
Steelman Taylor was nonplussed at the point-blank manner in which Senators questioned him. He retreated behind generalities: "I think the surplus of raw materials is our greatest menace. . . . Industrialists are a confident people, a hopeful people. They believe in the future of this country. We're trying to find the remedy...
...future President Paul Doumer attended the wedding of the future dean of Paris cameramen. Last week it came about that bearded Photographer Piston was standing with his flashlight upraised, his camera trained on the patriarchal President at the precise instant when a tall, burly Russian bounded forward and fired point-blank at M. Doumer with a Colt pistol. Instantly dropping his flashlight, Photographer Piston wielded his camera like a club, beating the assassin over the head, stunning him momentarily-and throwing away the chance to make a Picture of the Century...
...John Ernest Buttery Hotson, acting Governor of Bombay Presidency, was inspecting Fergusson College at Poona when a student, one Gokhale, rushed up and fired a pistol point-blank at him. The bullet struck the metal stud of a wallet just above Sir John's heart. Sir John rushed the student, overpowered him, had him arrested, went...
...Federal Farm Board last week issued a point-blank warning to wheat growers throughout the land which was enough to send their hearts to their boots...