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...King had good reason to keep his secret as long as he could. Though he now rules the Parliamentary roost with a fat 105 Liberal majority over all other parties, times have changed since the last election. Mackenzie King well knows that the next election may split the oldtime political structure of Canada asunder...
...passion of their long agony; they resented the patent fact that the U.S. and British Governments had interceded for some of the arrested men.* They reacted as Frenchmen have always reacted: the parliamentarians in the Consultative Assembly turned upon the executors in the Liberation Committee. If it was "a split," it was also a sign that French democratic opinion is well and traditionally represented in Algiers...
...hook, Nolan rented a 20-by-70 ft. loft above a used-car salesroom on 58th Street, just east of Broadway. There the Club Durant was opened on the cold night of Jan. 22, 1923. Jackson was present. Clayton, a magnificent soft-shoe dancer, who had split with his partner (Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards), popped in later. He took a look around the Club Durant and bought a piece of it. Says Jimmy: "If I didn't open dat club, and become a boss, I wouldn't a stood up and started singing. . . . I knew everybody, started...
...nightclubs. Jimmy went to Hollywood. Clayton went along as manager. Jackson joined another trio, but returned as one of Jimmy's backstage assistants. Jimmy's oldtime admirers hate to recall what happened to him in Hollywood. His more obvious buffoonery was played up, but the subtle, split-second comic counterpoint between Clayton, Jackson & Durante and their jazz band never penetrated Hollywood. In 1936 Jimmy gave himself a change by touring Europe. In Glasgow, his act so moved Sir Harry Lauder that the classic old Scottish comedian rose from his seat and joined Jimmy on the stage in spontaneous...
Through the Wringer. Although the Court split sharply on how it had arrived at where it was, the meaning of its new position was plain. The decision gave FPC a free hand to set utility rates on any basis it wishes. The only guidepost is whether the rates are "just and reasonable." But the burden of proof is on the utilities...