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...sustained grilling which the prisoner underwent apparently failed to shake his story, as he steadfastly denied all charges. Colonel Apted, queried shortly before midnight, refused to commit himself, stating only in his brief but forceful manner, "I'll deny anything you print, and I've got four witnesses here listening to this phone conversation...
...says he, "I don't think your sanity would stand it. It's a hard part to play." He has had to put up with a good deal of hysterical adoration. A friend of 50 years, one Reverend Moses, came backstage after a performance, refused to shake hands, crying: "I just want to look at you. You are my conception of the Lord...
Capitalizing on the British craze for commodity speculation that started in 1932, a pool lofted the price of pepper from 18? per Ib. last autumn to 31?. That attracted the attention of Indian exporters, who promptly began to shake all their pepper on the pool. By last week London warehouses were bursting with no less than 42,000,000 Ib.-a three-year supply...
...Help to shake the carpets and mats...
Defense Counsel Edward J. Reilly's nimblest cross-examination failed to shake this implacably precise witness...