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Readers of Bulwer Lytton's The Last Days of Pompeii remember the destruction of ancient Rome's shore resort, by earthquake and eruption of Vesuvius in 63 and 79 A. D. Since then Central and Southern Italy has been shaken by innumerable minor and six major earthquakes. The 1456 quake...
Arthur Newton's neighbors in South Africa remember only vaguely why he started running. It was some grudge he had against the government. Kaffirs had been given holdings too near his farm. He protested, but the government paid little attention. Through months of talking and brooding the thought of winning...
"Blah, Blah, Blah!" Already Berliners with radio sets can hear with perfect distinctness Communist propaganda broadcast in German from Moscow three times a week. The opening words of the Red announcer are: "Police and soldiers of Germany, remember you are proletarians in uniform! Remember that in Germany, too, the right...
While with the 51st Artillery, C. A. C. near Toul, France in 1918, I saw a lone enemy plane attack and destroy a captive balloon, miss a second, destroy a third, return and destroy the second, then fly home. The whole operation required but minutes, was done at a very...
U. S. drinkers, says Seldes, had forgotten how to drink long before it became illegal to remember. Now "professional" drinkers have become as fanatical as Drys. "Until we learn how to drink at home with considerably more technical skill and social grace than we now possess, we will need the...