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Epic, gruesome is Alexander's eye witness description of the death of Tsar Alexander II, mangled by a nihilist's bomb. "The Emperor . . . presented a terrific sight, his right leg torn off, his left leg shattered, innumerable wounds all over his head and face. One eye was shut, the other expressionless. . . . The agony lasted 45 minutes. Not a detail of this scene could ever be forgotten by those who witnessed it. I am the only one left, all he others are dead, nine having been shot by the Bolsheviks 37 years later...
...been rumored that much hair is torn to fill this column. May the assurance that little to no loose hair has ever been discovered in the "News" office and the brevity of today's editorial discredit so false a rumor. --Yale News...
...mother hustles along, dragging her rebellious children at her skirts. They kick her shins and bawl and pound her with their fists, but still she hustles along. See her broad back, her mighty arms and legs, and ample breasts that suckled those ungrateful brats. Her dress is torn, her hair is mussed, and sweat stands on her cheeks, "wrinkled deep in time". But there is a red in her lips, a sparkle in her eyes, and her breath is as sweet as the breath of an old mooly cow. She holds her latest baby under the crook...
...flight at Lakehurst when a terrific gust of wind whipped her tail free of the ground crew, bounced it against the ground. After a five-minute tussle the Akron was made fast again. The lower stabilizing fin, containing the after-control car, was smashed; a large expanse of fabric torn from the belly...
...McCafferty in San Salvador was genuinely alarmed last week. A Communist army had risen in three Pacific Coast provinces, attacked the towns of La Libertad, Ahuachapan and Sousonate, moved inland and was fighting for Santa Tecla, only eight miles from the capital. Telephone lines had been cut, railroads torn up. San Salvador was threatened next. Chargé d'Affaires McCafferty was familiar with Central American revolutions led by generals or politicians. He had failed to get excited when such a revolt overthrew the Salvador Government two months ago, set up a military junta (TIME, Dec. 14). There was nothing...