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...nuisance but not a plague, hungry natives ate their fill, played games with the hoppers, bet on their hops. Tourists from the U. S. on Mediterranean cruises took a different view, grew vexed and grumpy as the hoppers hopped into their berths, baths, soups. In Greece and Rumania the sudden arrival of the locusts was said to have caused "panics" in the smaller villages. At Athens and Bucharest the respective ministers of agriculture organized bands of exterminators...
...first concluded that the moon was off schedule but subsequent checks on other bodies proved earth to be at fault. Gratifying to clock manufacturers was his statement that the slight variation has some method. Earth would, said Dr. Brown, run fast for a number of years, then lag behind. Sudden changes in rotation rate were noted in 1897 and 1917. Causes for such behavior are unknown...
...lapse opened the door to power, but of limited power only. Before, Nicholas was a minor prince; now he is a member of the Regency Council, a great step forward; but when Carol's son King Mihai comes of age Nicholas will be completely eclipsed. The sudden feeling of limited power has upset his balance...
...hall staircase. In spite of her coolness and common sense, the burglar got away. Soon after came the first murder. It was followed by two more, by three murderous assaults, one suicide. Author Rinehart knows well how to build up complications, weight the story with suspense, illuminate it with sudden flashes of climax that leave the secret darker than before. Her characters are remarkably human for people in the pages of a detective story: they are frail, inconsistent, humorous, faulty. The detective is no Sherlock Holmes but a hard-working policeman who has to satisfy the district attorney, then...
...sudden squall in the turbulent Polish Sejm (Parliament) flung out Kasimir Bartel as Prime Minister of Poland last week. Professor Juljan Szymanski, amiable oculist-editor, strove valiantly to form another Cabinet, at the request of President Ignacy Moscicki. The proceedings infuriated Poland's Dictator, Marshal Josef Pilsudski, whose official position is merely that of Minister...