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...murderous rampages. Their sadistic, lecherous chief, the pock-marked Pir of Pagaro, ruled them from a fortress town called the "Golden Kot." There, behind walls 60 feet high and twelve feet thick, the Pir indulged his perverted whims with palaces, harems, luxury baths, torture chambers, a gold-and-marble throne...
That scheme came to nothing. (De Gaulle suspected that it involved the Comte de Paris, pretender to the French throne...
...this should make a new man of him, but Jordan is really tough; he haughtily defies sergeants and Army discipline, finally kidnaps a pretty canteen hostess (Helen Walker) and makes a getaway. Then he discovers that his double-crossing lieutenant, one Slip Moran (Sheldon Leonard), has usurped his racket throne and worked up a new dodge-stealing tank specifications to sell to Nazi spies...
...audience with the Pope," Penny explained, "was the most wonderful of experiences. I was taken to a small Throne Room of the Pope's Palace. ... He gave me a pearl rosary and one for my wife and a silver crucifix for each of us. Then he gave us his blessing...
...score of years, while "kings" of jazz and swing have succeeded each other with Balkan rapidity, a "Duke" has exhibited most of the real majesty from beside the throne. So last week the U.S. music world helped the Duke celebrate his 20th year as a band leader. The American Federation of Musicians officially blessed a National Ellington Week in honor of famed Edward Kennedy ("Duke") Ellington, whose flamboyant black band has played superb jazz longer than any other orchestra in the history of U.S. popular music...