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These sentences were like empty bottles into which observers could pour any meaning they chose. Most wiseacres interpreted them as a declaration by Japan that she was entertaining no thought of war with Soviet Russia, a hint by the U. S. that the State Department no longer maintains an attitude of outraged morality on Japanese occupation of Manchukuo...
...those who enjoy romantic lapses into the eighteenth century with elusive visions of elegant soirees with flickering tapers and the sparkling tones of the clavichord, the recording of Hadyn's "Concerto en Fa pour clavecin et orchestre" should be an especial delight. A small orchestra accompanies Mme. Roesgen-Champion in such a manner that the clavecin and the timbres of the woodwinds and strings blend together unusually well. There is no profundity in this bit of Haydn; even the andante is a very short and simple tune. "His Master's Voice" has also released a recording of Bach's Double...
Henry Jones is in jail. The newspapers have publicized the incident. Startling revelations pour into editors' desks revealing how Jones has been connected with Moscow for a long time. Communists and Royalists stage riots. A "femme fatale," thus does Mme. Lanerre call herself, visits Jones frequently and commiserates his position. To the authorities Jones appears "with the true story of the coat, but it is not a question of a coat, it is the honor of France...
Never was an .able newsman more mistaken. By the time Mr. Pettey's dispatch reached the U. S., President Roosevelt had instructed the AAA to pour $10,000,000 worth of foodstuffs and other supplies into Cuba as a loan. Cuba's new Secretary of the Treasury said he would be glad to give every security for repayment in his power-the Cuban Treasury having been notoriously bankrupt for months...
...life I have been cursed with enthusiasm and with fishlike people to pour water...