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...Marquis de Visdelou-Guimbeau, whose coat of arms is three wolves with their tongues hanging out. Then he dove into his car, told the driver to race for home. There Grisou, the Maltese "alibi" cat, stood on his hind legs at the window, making strong noises in his throat...
...calls it house dog disease, because only house dogs get it. The sick dog usually comes from a household where someone has a cold. The illness begins with a sore throat, mouth and bronchial infection with a little fever. Most dogs recover in a week, but some go on to a frequently fatal encephalitis with convulsions, tics, paralysis, dizziness, forgetfulness or blindness. Of 309 cases of house dog disease Dr. Whitney reports in detail, 58 died of encephalitis...
Martin Van Buren sits in repose, a white tie and high collar at his throat, his white hair like a halo around his balding old head, white sideburns creeping down his pink cheeks. Grover Cleveland leans back in majestic bulk, the imperious, mustachioed symbol of the era of bankers and builders. Teddy Roosevelt stares through his pince-nez with impatient energy, head belligerently forward, right hand resting on table, left fist clenched at the hip. And Franklin Roosevelt relaxes, hands on chair arms, in a pose so familiar that not even the bad, sharp lines of the Albany portrait...
M.G.M. knew what it was doing. Movie rights of top best-sellers have recently cost producers more than $100,000. By acquiring the rights before publication, M.G.M. will escape the cut-throat competitive bidding which sends up the price of anything that looks remotely like another Gone With the Wind. For its prize money M.G.M. will acquire the movie rights, control the legitimate stage and radio rights of its prize book...
...will force manufacturers to dip heavily into this hoard, but will still leave them with more than 20 months' supply. While they customarily cure tobacco 24 to 30 months, they could use tobacco cured only 18 months in a pinch, with no harm to the U.S. throat. (The British use tobacco cured for only a year.) Despite heavy Lend-Lease requirements, total U.S. exports are down 4.5% from prewar years...