Word: thrills
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...there was to know about handling a canal barge. (If you think little technique is required in Fred's profession. Author Herbert's account of a trip up the "Cut" from London to Birmingham will teach you better.) Fred was honest and capable, but gave Jane nary a thrill. Ernest was a bright one, talked socialism at her 16 to the dozen; when he paused for breath took liberties. Jane did not really like him but he did excite her. But when handsome, aristocratic Artist Bryan gave her an absent-minded kiss, got her to pose...
Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, youthful Chicagoans who murdered young Bobby Franks "for a thrill" in 1923, were ordered to hard labor in Illinois' state prison, Leopold for the first time since his incarceration. They have never seen each other in prison. Leopold was secretary to the prison chaplain at Statesville Penitentiary. He was transferred to the workshop because he had violated regulations concerning the delivery of official prison messages. Loeb was put to work again for an unnamed offense. Twice Leo- pold has been placed in solitary confine ment for cooking in his cell. Other times...
...convincingly he was declared insane. In the asylum he dropped his role too soon, was found normal. Robert Blake, his cellmate, also condemned, wrote a magazine article which was made into The Last Mile, a Broadway smash-hit which closed last week after a 36-week run. Great thrill of the play was the prisoner's hoarse repeated cry, "Jones! Oh Jones!" which real Convict Shepard reiterated to appear insane. Two weeks before Convict Shepard's execution it was discovered he had gouged out his eyes...
...France during the reign of Louis XVI. Undaunted by the fact that the Bastille has just fallen, a band of gallants and their lady friends come to roister in the tavern of one Prospère. The host has planted actors in the crowd to relate bloodcurdling events, thrill the guests, give them their money's worth. Climax of the satire comes when one mummer, having proclaimed that he has just murdered his wife's lover, finds out that his wife actually has a lover, kills him as he enters the resort...
...infernal machine. Hero, after misadventures, tracks him down. From this point the plot thickens, twists, jumps like a rubber band. Its final fillip knocks Villain on the chin, Hero and Heroine into each other's arms. In a few minutes you have seen, with many a thrill, many a laugh, nary a tear, Life's panorama sweep...