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...Berlin, some Russians were themselves blockaded in the U.S. sector of the city. They worked in the massive grey Reichsbahn-Direktion, headquarters of the Soviet-controlled railroad spiderweb radiating from Berlin. After the blockade, in last summer's railroad strike, 200 West Berliners charged into the building, tore down pictures of Stalin. That was enough for the Russians: they moved their railroad officials into the Soviet sector, leaving only an automatic rail-telephone switchboard and a small school for railroaders in the Direktion; 600 offices stood empty...
...slowly. Suddenly Vag sat bolt upright. How could he have been day-dreaming? The specter of examination welled up in his imagination in all its horror. The smug fat text and the cruel purple type on the assignment sheet seemed to be deriding him with silent mockery. Vag tore the ticket stubs to shreds, clenched his teeth, and read...
Last week when I opened the door to go into F. A. O. Schwarz, I was nearly struck down by a runaway Yellow Tornado Racer. As the thing tore out for the gutter, it was followed by a saleslady who later explained that she had been demonstrating the racer (it is propelled by compressed air) and that it had gotten out of hand, as toys sometimes...
...look at the cover and I tore up my renewal. I consider it an insult to the many fine men & women who have appeared on your covers in the past...
...Symphony Orchestra. From the presidential box, her father beamed down as she sang Mozart's Dove Sono and Glazunov's La Primavera. She was called back for three encores, sang one-Smilin' Through-directly at her parents. "I wept," said proud Harry Truman unabashedly. "I almost tore up two programs in the excitement...