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Obedient to etiquette, the Emperor, after bidding his foreign guests goodby. sat down with 5,000 officers and soldiers of all ranks to a characteristic Ethiopian feast of whole sheep and oxen, served raw and warm from the kill, and washed down with heroic drafts of tej or mead. Etiquette further decrees that such a royal feast shall close with Homeric boasting...
Just in case someone wants to hear the most ancient TIMEly exposés of human nature "in the raw," I would like to have our good brethren preach from a text in the cave-lady episode of Genesis 19, concerning the love-feasts of the two daughters of Lot. No condemnation offered there either, in the Book...
...given not "risky relief" but "stimulating relief" to Britain. "Railway traffic, bank clearings and retail trade all show a steady rise," continued Mr. Chamberlain. "The index of production in the building industry?a good barometer?has risen to the record figure of 181, taking 1930 as 100. Imports of raw materials have increased. These are all hopeful pointers." By implication Chancellor Chamberlain attributed them to his Treasury policies which he aptly summed up as "always keeping in the forefront the necessity of maintaining confidence...
...query on the Rex "But isn't Australia terribly raw?" plump, vivacious Mrs. Lyons answered, "Yes, the salads!", her favorite repartee whenever Australia's rawness comes up. Another favorite remark of hers: "You must have happiness in married life. The mother should be like a beloved Queen." Burly, curly Joe Lyons when he saw Queen Mary several weeks ago for the first time in his life exclaimed involuntarily: "Magnificent! Magnificent...
...Raw Spot. Seeking a logical reason for the frequency of earthquakes along the shores of the Pacific, Dr. Beno Gutenberg of Pasadena presented a thesis that the Pacific Ocean represents a vast area from which Earth has lost 20 miles of outside skin. That "raw spot in Mother Earth's side promises to explain the true nature of Earth's disturbances, the crustal movements appearing to extend along the edges of the skinless areas. We shall never be able to predict the day on which an earthquake will occur. But it is possible that we shall be able...